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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) » Cerambycinae » Hesperophanini » Tylonotus » Tylonotus masoni

Species Tylonotus masoni

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

Tylonotus masoni (Knull) - Tylonotus masoni

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Hesperophanini

Genus Tylonotus

Species masoni (Tylonotus masoni)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tylonotus masoni (Knull)

Orig. Comb: Elaphidion masoni Knull 1928

Numbers

2 spp., both Nearctic (1)

Size

8-10 mm (2)

Range

e US to TX (not FL) (2),(3)

Season

June-August (2),(3)

Food

larval feeding habits unknown (2),(3)

Remarks

very rare sp. (3), attracted to UV lights (2)

Type: female, labeled Edgebrook, Illinois, June 18, in the collection of the author, paratype: female, labeled Edgebrook, Illinois, Aug. 5, E. Liljeblad collector, in the collection of the late Mr. F. R. Mason after whom the species is named. The author is indebted to Prof. H. C. Fall, who kindly compared the specimen with the material in his collection. (Knull 1928)

Print References

Burne, J.C. 1998. Notes on the Cerambycidae of Georgia. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 393. (Full PDF)

Knull, J.N. 1928. Two new Cerambycidae. Entomol. News, 39(1): 11-13. (Full Text)

MacRae, T. C. 1993. Annotated checklist of the longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae) occurring in Missouri. Insecta Mundi 7:223–252. (Full PDF)

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.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

3.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 January, 2010 - 6:33pm
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 7:23pm

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