Genus Lochmaeocles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Lochmaeocles cornuticeps cornuticeps (Schaeffer) - Lochmaeocles cornuticeps - male

Lochmaeocles marmoratus Casey - Lochmaeocles marmoratus

Male, Lochmaeocles marmoratus? - Lochmaeocles marmoratus

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 Onciderini

Genus Lochmaeocles

Explanation of Names

Lochmaeocles Bates 1880

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 25 spp. total(1)

Range

sw. US (TX-AZ) to Argentina(1)

Food

hosts include plants of 6-7 families(2)

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Nearns EH, Lord NP, Miller KB (2011‒2015) Oncid ID: Tool for diagnosing adult twig girdlers (Cerambycidae:Lamiinae:Onciderini)

Contributed by William Ericson on 28 April, 2009 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 December, 2016 - 8:12am

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