Species Heterobrenthus texanus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Heterobrenthus texanus Schaeffer - Heterobrenthus texanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Family Brentidae (Straight-snouted Weevils)

Subfamily Brentinae

Genus Heterobrenthus

Species texanus (Heterobrenthus texanus)

Other Common Names

Schaeffer Brentid, Brownsville Brentid

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Schaeffer 1915

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

The original two spmns Schaeffer (1915) examined ranged betw. 8-10.25 mm.

Range

Globally known from 4 spmns, 2 from Hidalgo and 2 from Cameron counties in southmost Texas. (Riley & King 2009, plus pic posted here)

Season

May-June based on 3 spmns (Riley & King 2009, plus pic posted here)

Life Cycle

Where known, species of the subfamily Brentinae develop in living, dying or recently felled hardwood trees where larvae bore deep into the heartwood (1)

Remarks

Described by Schaeffer (1915) from two specimens collected by Ottomar Dietz and Herbert Spencer Barber.

Type Locality attributed to "Los Borregos" (a still unlocated place name) near Brownsville, Texas.

A hundred years later two more specimens were collected at Santa Ana NWR in southern Hidalgo Co., Texas...

Print References

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

Schaeffer, C. 1915. New Coleoptera and miscellaneous notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 23: 47-55. Full Text

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 November, 2009 - 2:54am
Last updated 2 July, 2011 - 3:31pm

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