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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) » Acanthocinini » Valenus » Valenus inornatus

Species Valenus inornatus

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

Valenus inornatus Casey - Valenus inornatus

From oak bark, but close to yucca and agave - Valenus inornatus

From Yucca in NW AZ, feeding on Agave - Valenus inornatus

Chiricahua-0BG.J.1976.03 - Valenus inornatus

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 Acanthocinini

Genus Valenus

Species inornatus (Valenus inornatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Valenus inornatus Casey 1892

Numbers

Monotypic genus (1)

Size

8-10 mm (2)

Range

w. AZ to sw. TX / n. Mex. - Map (2)(3)

Season

April-August (2)

Food

Agavae, Yucca (2)

Life Cycle

Adults commonly taken at lights or beaten from their host plants (Linsley & Chemsak 1995)

Remarks

Type Locality: El Paso, Texas (2)

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1891. Coleopterological notices III. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 6: 9-214.

Linsley, E.G. & J.A. Chemsak. 1995. The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., Berkeley, 114: xi + 292 pp., 55 figs. (2)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Type Info - Smithsonian

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 of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 December, 2009 - 3:44pm
Last updated 18 July, 2021 - 10:26am

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