Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Cerasphorus cincta (not cinctus)
Yanega speculates that at least one additional Knulliana species is yet to be named, and one subspecies.
(1)
Species was described by
Dru Drury (1725–1804), a British entomologist, one of the foremost of his time. (Wiki)
Explanation of Names
Species name "cincta" is Latin for "girdled."
(2)Numbers
This is the only Nearctic species in the genus.
(3)Identification
Markings may be absent. Scutellum much longer than broad. "There are no other NE longhorns of similar size and coloration that have strong spines on the femora, pronotum, and elytral apices."
(1)Range
Northeastern US, and southward and westward to Arizona.
(3)Season
Adults fly March through September in the Eastern United States.
They start flying in February in Texas per photos here.
Food
Larvae feed on dead and seasoned branches and limbs of hardwood species, including oak and hickory.
Juglans, Carya, Castanea, Quercus, Celtis, Pyrus, Sapindus, Salix (Linsley 1962), Prosopis (Hovore & Giesbert 1976), Citrus (Dean 1953), Leucaena (Hovore & Penrose 1982)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in crevices in the bark, or directly into the wood. Larvae feed the first season beneath the bark, then head deeper into the wood.
(4)Remarks
Lingafelter & Horner (1993) collected 122 specimens in light-traps, from lights, syrup traps, pool skimmer baskets, and from the trunks of trees.
Print References
Dean, H.A. 1953. Long-horned beetles that attack Citrus in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. Journal of Economic Entomology, 46(1): 174.
Hovore, F.T. & E.F. Giesbert. 1976. Notes on the ecology and distribution of western Cerambycidae. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(4): 349-360.
Hovore, F.T. & R.L. Penrose 1982. Notes on Cerambycidae coinhabiting girdles of Oncideres pustulata LeConte. Southwestern Naturalist, 27(1): 23-27.
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Linsley, E.G. 1962. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part III. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Opsimini through Megaderini. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., 20: 1-188, 56 figs.
Internet References
Cerambycidae of Florida--photos of male and female
