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Species Parmenosoma griseum

Parmenosoma griseum Schaeffer - Parmenosoma griseum
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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Parmenini
Genus Parmenosoma
Species griseum (Parmenosoma griseum)
Other Common Names
Gray Agavae bycid (?)
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.)
Size
10 mm (Schaeffer 1908)
Range
Zapata to Hidalgo Co., Texas - Map (2)(3)
Season
March to November (2)
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
See Also
Moneilema spp.
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.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)