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Species Leptostylus cretatellus

Leptostylus cretatellus Bates - Leptostylus cretatellus 829W02 - Leptostylus cretatellus 829W02 - Leptostylus cretatellus 829W02 - Leptostylus cretatellus Leptostylus cretatellus Leptostylus cretatellus Leptostylus cretatellus Leptostylus cretatellus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Acanthocinini
Genus Leptostylus
Species cretatellus (Leptostylus cretatellus)
Explanation of Names
Leptostylus cretatellus Bates 1863
creta - Latin for 'chalk' (1), a reference to the beetle's light color.
Numbers
3 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Identification

Leptostylus cretatellus Bates
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
Found at the Sabal Palm Sanctuary and Resaca de la Palma State Park, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas.
Food
Dead branches of Tepeguaje - Leucaena pulverulenta - (Fabaceae)
Texas County Range Map - USDA, Plants Profile
Remarks
Since 1989, numerous specimens have been taken in and near the Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary, Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX by beating dead branches and rearing from dead branches of Tepeguaje - Leucaena pulverulenta. (Heffern 2001)
Print References
Heffern, D. 2001. New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the United States. Insecta Mundi 15(2): 94. Full PDF
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.