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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 » Ibidionini » Heterachthes » Heterachthes quadrimaculatus

Species Heterachthes quadrimaculatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Unknown Longhorn Beetle - Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Small Long-horned Beetle - Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Heterachthes quadrimaculatus beetle - Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Beetle - Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Beetle - Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Heterachthes quadrimaculatus
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 Ibidionini
Genus Heterachthes
Species quadrimaculatus (Heterachthes quadrimaculatus)
Other Common Names
Four-spotted Hickory Borer
Explanation of Names
Heterachthes quadrimaculatus Haldeman 1847
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
7-12 mm (2)
Identification
Range
e NA (TX-FL-QC-MO) - Map (3)(4)(5)
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
Apr-Aug (BG data),(2)
Food
In dead branches of hickory (Carya), sometimes tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) (2)
Remarks
attracted to UV lights (2)
Print References
Haldeman, S.S. 1847. Material towards a history of the Coleoptera Longicornia of the United States. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., 10: 27-66.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska
4.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 November, 2007 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 July, 2022 - 1:57pm

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