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Species Batyle suturalis

Bright Red Flower Longhorn - Batyle suturalis

Possible nemognatha blister beetle? - Batyle suturalis

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Batyle

Species suturalis (Batyle suturalis)

Explanation of Names

Batyle suturalis (Say 1823)

Numbers

7 sspp. in our area(1)

Size

7-9 mm(2)

Identification

red with mostly black legs; a conspicuous black line along the elytral suture; another black line between the pronotum and elytra

Range

QC-AL to AB-NV mostly e. US to Rockies (map)(3)(4)

Habitat

fields and edges of woods

Food

adults feed on pollen of composite flowers (sunflower, daisy, black-eyed susan, etc.)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 March, 2005 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by urtica, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 April, 2021 - 9:41am

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