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Species Sternidius punctatus

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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 Acanthocinini
Genus Sternidius
Species punctatus (Sternidius punctatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Liopinus punctatus
Explanation of Names
Sternidius punctatus (Haldeman 1847)
Size
5-7 mm(1)
Identification
elytral pattern variable(1)
Range
TX-FL-NH-OH (2)(3)(BG data)
Season
Mar-Aug(1)
Food
Celtis, Cornus, Prunus(1)
Remarks
common(3); attracted to UV lights(4)
Works Cited
1.The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini.
E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
4.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 16 May, 2007 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 June, 2016 - 4:53pm

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