Species Sphaenothecus bivittata - Double-banded Bycid

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

Unknown Cerambycid Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata

Flower Longhorn - Sphaenothecus bivittata - male

striped longhorn - Sphaenothecus bivittata

Pair of Sphaenothecus bivittata - Sphaenothecus bivittata - female

Unknown Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata

Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont - Sphaenothecus bivittata

Unknown Bug 04 - Sphaenothecus bivittata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

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

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Trachyderini

Genus Sphaenothecus

Species bivittata (Double-banded Bycid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly Taranomis bivittata

Numbers

There are seven species of Sphaenothecus, but only two reach the United States. (1)

Range

California to Texas, south to Nicaragua

Season

January-November.

Food

larval hosts are Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and Roses (Rosa spp.)

Range: Cameron County in southmost Texas south to Mexico

Print References

Chemsak, J.A., & F.A. Noguera. 1998. Review of the genus Sphaenothecus Dupont (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(1): 12-26.

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.

Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.

Internet References

Photo, Map & Factsheet - Texas Entomology

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 Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 November, 2005 - 9:19am
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Mike Quinn
Last updated 1 March, 2009 - 5:17pm

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