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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Schizax » Schizax senex

Species Schizax senex

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Schizax senex - female Cerambycidae? - Schizax senex - male Schizax senex LeConte - Schizax senex - male Longhorn on Wind-blown Palo Verde - Schizax senex - male Long-horned Beetles - Schizax senex - male - female Long-horned Beetles - Schizax senex Long-horned Beetles - Schizax senex - male - female Long-horned Beetles - Schizax senex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Schizax
Species senex (Schizax senex)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: LeConte 1873
Explanation of Names
Latin senex 'old person'(1)
Range
sw. US (w. TX to so. CA)(2)
Food
Specimens reared from six-inch cut branches of hackberry (Celtis reticulata) from Oak Creek Canyon, Ariz. (Knull 1944)
Specimens reared from dead branches and collected from the blossoms of desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) (Bignoniaceae). This is the first known record of a cerambycid utilizing this genus and species as a larval host. (Swift 2008)
Print References
Knull, J.N. 1944. New Coleoptera with notes (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 44(2): 90-93. Full PDF
Martin, J. 1919. Notes on the Occurrence of Schizax senex in California (Col., Cerambycidae). Entomological News, 30(8): 231-232.
Swift, I. 2008. Ecological and biogeographical observations on Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from California, USA. Insecta Mundi 0026: 1-7. Full PDF
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 March, 2009 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 5 December, 2011 - 8:08pm

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