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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Pteropliini » Bisaltes » Bisaltes tibialis

Species Bisaltes tibialis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bisaltes tibialis (Schaeffer) - Bisaltes tibialis - male

Bisaltes tibialis (Schaeffer) - Bisaltes tibialis - 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 Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Pteropliini

Genus Bisaltes

Species tibialis (Bisaltes tibialis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bisaltes tibialis (Schaeffer)

Orig. Comb: Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer 1908

Numbers

7 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

13 mm (Schaeffer 1908)

Identification

males have flamboyant tibia

Range

southmost TX (Starr & Cameron Cos.) / ne. Mex. (Tamps) - Map (2), (3), Santos-Silva & Wappes (2021), (4)

Season

Number of Texas collecting events by month:

May (4), June (1). (3)

Life Cycle

Some specimens collected from dead Zanthoxylum, some by miscellaneous beating and some at lights. (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX (Schaeffer 1908)

Texas considers this a SGCN (5)

Print References

Santos-Silva, A., J.E. Wappes. 2021. On the transference of Ataxia tibialis Schaeffer to Bisaltes (Bisaltes) Thomson with synonymies and new records in the genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Insecta Mundi 0844: 1–10. (Full PDF)

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, 20 figs.

Schaeffer, C. 1908. List of the longicorn Coleoptera collected on the museum expeditions to Brownsville, Texas, and the Huachuca Mts., Arizona, with descriptions of new genera and species and notes on known species. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin 1(12): 325-352. (Full Text)

Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	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.

3.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 October, 2009 - 10:47pm
Last updated 21 February, 2024 - 8:12pm

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