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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 » Bellamira » Bellamira scalaris

Species Bellamira scalaris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Bellamira scalaris longhorn beetle - Bellamira scalaris Handsome fella - Bellamira scalaris Cerambycidae - Bellamira scalaris Large brown insect on a dogwood leaf - Bellamira scalaris Bellamira scalaris - female longhorn beetle - Bellamira scalaris longhorn beetle - Bellamira scalaris
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 Bellamira
Species scalaris (Bellamira scalaris)
Explanation of Names
Bellamira scalaris (Say 1827)
Size
17-26 mm(1)
Identification
Large, with short head and long "neck" (pronotum). Elytra "bottle-shaped", with somewhat variable markings. Male has expanded tip of abdomen (1)
Range
e. NA to e. TX - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
decayed hardwoods & pine(1); adults on flowers(3) and come to UV lights(1) (unlike most lepturines)
Season
mostly May-Aug (BG data)
Food
Larvae feed on decayed wood(1), adults take nectar/pollen at flowers (3)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 14 June, 2006 - 10:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 September, 2021 - 11:14am

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