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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Sphaenothecus » Double-banded Bycid (Sphaenothecus bivittata)

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 Double-banded Bycid (Sphaenothecus bivittatus)? - Sphaenothecus bivittata Double Banded Bycid - Sphaenothecus bivittata Longhorned Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata Unknown Beetle - Sphaenothecus bivittata Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont - 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
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Sphaenothecus
Species bivittata (Double-banded Bycid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Dupont, 1838
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Range
sw. US (CA-TX) / Mex. to Nicaragua (2)
Season
Jan-Nov (3)
Mostly: Jul-Nov (BG data)
Food
Larval hosts are Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and Roses (Rosa spp.) (3)
See Also

Sphaenothecus trilineatus Dupont
Det. J. E. Wappes, 2002
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.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn
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.)
2.A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World
3.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
By F.T. Hovore, R.L. Penrose, & R.W. Neck
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 November, 2005 - 9:19am
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 12:31am

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