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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) » Acanthocinini » Dectes » Dectes texanus

Species Dectes texanus

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

Longhorn Beetle...Sawyer???? - Dectes texanus

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 Dectes

Species texanus (Dectes texanus)

Explanation of Names

Dectes texanus LeConte 1862

Size

5-11 mm(1)

Identification

Per Lingafelter (2007), D. texanus: outer apex of femora dark reddish-brown to black, tarsi unicolorous, lower eye lobe usually subequal to genal (cheek) area below it. (2)

Range

e. US to se.AZ / n-c Mex. - Map (1)(3)(4)

Season

mostly Jun-Aug (BG data)

Food

larvae are stem borers of Ambrosia, Gaillardia, Helianthus, Solidago (Asteraceae) and many other herbaceous plants. (2)

Remarks

fairly common(1)(4)

See Also

Per Lingafelter (2007), D. sayi: outer apex of femora gray, tarsi basally pale, lower eye lobe usually shorter than genal (cheek) area below it. (2)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1862. Note on the classification of Cerambycidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 38-43.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

3.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 August, 2007 - 7:34am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 June, 2023 - 12:31pm

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