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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) » Cerambycinae » Obriini » Obrium » Obrium rufulum

Species Obrium rufulum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · 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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Obriini
Genus Obrium
Species rufulum (Obrium rufulum)
Explanation of Names
Obrium rufulum Gahan 1908
Size
5-8 mm (1)
Identification
uniformly pale, shining; pronotum with lateral tubercles; shape distinctive (1)
Range
e US (TX-FL-ME-MB) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5), mostly absent from the Gulf coast...
Season
mostly Jun-Jul (5)
Food
dead dry branches of ash, sometimes linden, oak (1)
Remarks
comes to lights (1)
Print References
Gahan, C.J. 1908. Notes on North American Longicornia, with descriptions of some new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8)1: 140-145.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 7 August, 2007 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 April, 2022 - 8:42pm

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