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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Pteropliini » Ataxia » Ataxia crypta

Species Ataxia crypta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Pteropliini
Genus Ataxia
Species crypta (Ataxia crypta)
Explanation of Names
Ataxia crypta (Say 1831)
Size
12-18 mm(1)
Identification
Distinguished from similar species by the obliquely truncate elytral apices. Also distinct 'cicatrix' (excavation) on the scape and a deep sulcus on the mesosternum. (Ted C. MacRae, 7.vi.2007)
Range
e US (PA-FL to KS-TX)(2) to S. America
Season
Mar-Nov(3)(BG data)
Food
hardwoods and shrubs(1)
Remarks
attracted to UV lights (1)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
FSCA
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
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.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 7 June, 2007 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 June, 2016 - 12:04pm

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