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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) » Desmiphorini » Desmiphora » Desmiphora aegrota

Species Desmiphora aegrota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Desmiphora aegrota Bates - Desmiphora aegrota
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 aegrota (Desmiphora aegrota)
Explanation of Names
Desmiphora aegrota Bates 1880
aegrota (L). 'sickened, diseased' (1)
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
body is ca. 4.5-6.75 mm in length (3)
Identification
The small size, pale ground color, and fasciculate tufts or pencils of erect or sub-erect hairs in addition to the vestiture of long erect hairs are distinctive. (3)
Range
southmost TX (Cameron Co.) to Panama - Map (4)(5)
Season
Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
April (6), May (7), June (2), September (5), October (7), and November (3). (3)
Food
Turk's cap - Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (6)
Remarks
Texas considers this a SGCN (7)
Print References
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. (4)
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, Jr. and R.T. Hovore. 1985. Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin, 39(1): 18-24. (6)
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)
Vogt, G.B. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
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.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
4.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.
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
6.Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States.
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, Jr. & F.T. Hovore. 1985. The Coleopterists Bulletin 39(1): 18-24.
7.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 October, 2009 - 6:15pm
Last updated 17 December, 2019 - 6:07pm

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