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Species Malacorhinus acaciae

Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae - male Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer) - Malacorhinus acaciae - female
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 Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Metacyclini
Genus Malacorhinus
Species acaciae (Malacorhinus acaciae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Cneorane acaciae Schaeffer 1906
Explanation of Names
Acaciae is a reference to the original name for the host, which taxonomically is now Ebenopsis ebano
Numbers
3 spp. of Malacorhinus n. of Mex. (1)
Size
ca. 4 to 5 mm (2)
Range
southmost TX (Cameron Co.) / ne Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Season
May (5), June (4), July (2), August (1), October (5). (2)
Food
Collected from Texas Ebony - Ebenopsis ebano (Fabaceae) by Schaeffer (1906) (4)
preferred host seems to be Tenaza - Havardia (=Pithecellobium) pallens (Fabaceae) (M. Quinn, E. Riley, pers. obs., 2013)
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas (Schaeffer, 1906)
Texas considers this a SGCN (5)
See Also
Phyllobrotica sororia Horn
- Range: n. to c. TX
Print References
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)
Schaeffer, C. 1906. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(9): 221-253. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Leaf Beetles of America North of Mexico
Ed Riley, Shawn Clark, and Terry Seeno. 2003. Coleopterists Society.
2.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
3.Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Sánchez-Reyes, U.J., S. Niño-Maldonado, L. Barrientos-Lozano, S.M. Clark, and R.W. Jones. 2016. ZooKeys 611: 11-56.
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.
5.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD