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Species Tetraopes thermophilus

Tetraopes thermophilus Chevrolat - Tetraopes thermophilus

Tetraopes thermophilus ? - Tetraopes thermophilus

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 Tetraopini

Genus Tetraopes (Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)

Species thermophilus (Tetraopes thermophilus)

Explanation of Names

Tetraopes thermophilus Chevrolat 1861

thermophilus (G). 'heat loving' (1)

Size

8-14 mm (2)

Identification

mid-pronotal callus with sharp, nearly parallel edges

antennae without long setae, ant. tips not pointed

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

Range

se TX to C. Amer. - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Season

Sept-Oct (BG data)

Food

Unknown (2), Zizotes Milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) (4)(BG data)

Remarks

Type Locality: Veracruz, Mexico (2)

See Also

Tetraopes mandibularis Chemsak 1963 - Uncommon

Range: w. OK and TX panhandle (7)(8)(3)

Cerambycidae Catalog

Host: Broadleaf Milkweed - Asclepias latifolia (7)(8)

Print References

Linsley E.G., Chemsak J.A. 1995. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part 7, No. 2: Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lamiinae, Tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. University of California Press, Berkeley. 114: xi + 292 pp., 55 figs. (2)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

4.	University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)

5.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

6.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

7.	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.

8.	The timing of insect/plant diversification: might Tetraopes (Col.: Cerambycidae) and Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) have co-evolved? Farrell B.D., Mitter C. 1998. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 63: 553–577.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 January, 2010 - 11:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 3 January, 2020 - 11:38am

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