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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 » Elaphidiini » Parelaphidion » Parelaphidion incertum

Species Parelaphidion incertum

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Elaphidiini
Genus Parelaphidion
Species incertum (Parelaphidion incertum)
Other Common Names
Mulberry Bark Borer (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parelaphidion incertum (Newman)
Orig. Comb: Elaphidion incertum Newman 1840
Syn: Elaphidionoides incertus (Newman)
Numbers
2-3 spp. (2)
Size
8-15 mm (1)
Identification
Key to spp. Skiles 1985 (3)
Range
e NA to s. & w. TX (TX-FL-QC-IA) - Map (4)(5)
Season
April-Sept (6)
Food
Larvae feed primarily in living Morus, but also Quercus and Carya (6)
Life Cycle
Adults are attracted to lights and fermenting molasses baits (7)
See Also
Parelaphidion aspersum (Haldeman) (1)
Print References
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334. (7)
Skiles, D.D. 1985. New genera and species of elaphidionine Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from North America and the West Indies. Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 305-320. (3)
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.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.
3.New genera and species of Elaphidionine Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from North America and the West Indies
Durward D. Skiles. 1985. The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 305-320.
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.
7.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2011 - 5:02pm
Last updated 3 February, 2020 - 10:52am

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