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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Neoclytus » Neoclytus mucronatus

Species Neoclytus mucronatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Clytus sp.? (marginicollis?) - Neoclytus mucronatus

Red and black bug - Neoclytus mucronatus

grasshopper nymph - Neoclytus mucronatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Clytini

Genus Neoclytus

Species mucronatus (Neoclytus mucronatus)

Explanation of Names

neo (G). New, recent

clyt, -o (G). Famous

=mucro, -n (L). A sharp point

nat, -i, =is (L). The rump, buttocks (1) see close up

Numbers

There are 85 species of Neoclytus (Monné & Hovore 2005), 26 species occur north of Mexico (2)

Size

8-20 mm (3)

Range

Eastern U.S. to Texas, Oklahoma (Monné & Hovore 2005) and Nebraska per this site.

Season

April through October (Lingafelter & Horner 1993)

Food

Larval hosts: Celtis and Persimmon (Lingafelter & Horner 1993); dead and dying hicory, rarely ping (3)

Remarks

Fairly common and quite variable in size (3)

See Also

Neoclytus mucronatus vogti - Texas Beetle Information

Print References

Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.

Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Checklist of the Cerambycidae, or longhorned woodboring beetles, of the Western Hemisphere. 392 pp.

Internet References

Neoclytus mucronatus mucronatus - Cerambycidae of Florida

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

3.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) By Douglas Yanega

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 August, 2006 - 7:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 September, 2006 - 3:15pm

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