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Species Lepturges yucca

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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 Lepturges
Species yucca (Lepturges yucca)
Explanation of Names
Lepturges yucca Schaeffer 1905
Size
5.5-9 mm (1)
Range
se. AZ to w. TX / n. Mex - Map (Hovore & Tyson 1983)(2)
Season
July-August (1)
Food
Yucca (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Palmerlee, Cochise Co., Arizona (Schaeffer 1905)
See Also
Lepturges vogti Hovore & Tyson
Print References
Hovore, F.T. and W.H. Tyson. 1983. A new species of Lepturges from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 37(4): 349-352. (JSTOR)
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. (1)
Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(7): 141-179. Full Text
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)