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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) » Flower Longhorn Beetles (Lepturinae) » Lepturini » Typocerus » Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus sinuatus)

Species Typocerus sinuatus - Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Lepturinae (Flower Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Lepturini
Genus Typocerus
Species sinuatus (Notch-Tipped Flower Longhorn Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Typocerus sinuatus (Newman)
Orig. Comb: Leptura sinuata Newman 1841
Syn: Typocerus brunnicornis LeConte 1873
Explanation of Names
Sinuata refers to shape of elytral tips.
Numbers
15 spp. in genus Typocerus n. of Mex. (1)
Size
9-14 mm (2)
Identification
variable, see: Cerambycidae Catalog
Elytral tips notched (sinuate). See photos. Typocerus octonotatus is very similar and has been confused in the literature. See Yanega (2) for a discussion and color photographs.

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2010
Range
se US to NM & CO (NM-FL-NC-CO) - Map (3)(4)(5), most records in TX
Habitat
Fields with flowers
Season
Apr-June (BG data), Full: March-August (6)
Food
Adults take nectar and/or pollen.
Larval feeding habits unknown (6)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid on and larvae feed on decaying wood. Larvae overwinter in wood.
Remarks
uncommon (2), outside of Texas
See Also
Typocerus octonotatus
Strangalia sexnotata
Typocerus spp. - Cerambycidae Catalog
Print References
Yanega, p. 42, plate 9--fig. 95 (2)
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.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
4. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
6.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Cotinis on 8 June, 2004 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 April, 2022 - 12:50pm

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