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Species Brachypnoea lecontei

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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 Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Eumolpinae
Tribe Eumolpini
No Taxon (Section Iphimeites)
Genus Brachypnoea
Species lecontei (Brachypnoea lecontei)
Explanation of Names
Brachypnoea lecontei Riley, Clark & Seeno 2003
Numbers
8 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
body color metallic purple, green, indigo, or brown; legs can be pale or black; five terminal antennal segments dark, prominent and uniform, basal ant. segments generally pale, punctations coarse on elytral, fine on pronotum.
Range
Great Plains (NM-TX-MO-KS, SD) - Map (1)(2), most records from Trans-Pecos to Red and Brazos Rivers, mirroring the range of their primarily host of Texas live oak (Quercus fusiformis)
Season
mostly Apr-May (3)(2)
Food
Texas live oak - Quercus fusiformis in TX (3)(4)
Life Cycle
225 spmns coll'ed from April to early May over two summers at two sites in w. Travis Co., primarily from Texas live oak (Quercus fusiformis) (3)
Remarks
Type collected by Horace Haldeman during U.S. and Mexico boundary survey (LeConte 1858)
See Also
Brachypnoea tristis (Oliver) - generally flies after B. lecontei
- Range: mostly s. Great Plains
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1858. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera, chiefly collected by the United States and Mexican boundary commission, under Major W.H. Emory, U.S.A. Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10: 59-89.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp. (3)
Riley, E.G., S.M. Clark, and T.N. Seeno. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 1. 290 pp. (1)
Schultz, W.T. 1970. The Eumolpinae of America north of Mexico with revisions of selected genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 342 pp.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
4.Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada
Clark et al. 2004. Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.