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Species Desmiphora hirticollis

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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 Desmiphorini
Genus Desmiphora
Species hirticollis (Desmiphora hirticollis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Desmiphora hirticollis (Olivier)
Orig. Comb: Saperda hirticollis Olivier 1795
Explanation of Names
Hirticollis (L). 'hairy-necked' (1)
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Range
s. Texas to S. Amer. / W. Indies (3)
Season
Adults fly March to October (3)
Food
Larval host: Milktree - Sapium (Euphorbiaceae) (Duffy 1960)
Print References
Duffy, E. 1960. A monograph of the immature stages of neotropical timber beetles (Cerambycidae). British Museum, London. 327 pp.
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334. (3)
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.
Internet References
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.
3.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.