Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parmenosoma griseum Schaeffer 1908
Explanation of Names
grise - Middle Latin for gray
(1)Numbers
1 sp. n. of Mex. (second sp. in Mex.)
Range
Zapata to Hidalgo Co., Texas -
Map (2)(3)Food
Most specimens of this flightless species were collected by beating basal rosettes of fallen
Yucca and
Agave, both of which probably serve as larval hosts.
(2)
Also reported from Opuntia by Mann (1969)
Remarks
Type Locality: Edinburg, Hidalgo Co., TX
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.
(2)
Mann J. 1969. Cactus-feeding insects and mites. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 256: 1-158.
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, and R.T. Hovore. 1985. Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin, 39(1): 18-24.
JSTOR
Schaeffer, C. 1908. List of the longicorn Coleoptera collected on the museum expeditions to Brownsville, Texas, and the Huachuca Mts., Arizona, with descriptions of new genera and species and notes on known species. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin 1(12): 325-352.
Full Text
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.
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Mike Quinn on 18 March, 2011 - 6:51am
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 2:41pm