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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Oemini » Oemina » Malacopterus » Malacopterus tenellus

Species Malacopterus tenellus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Cerambycid 1 - Malacopterus tenellus Longhorn - Malacopterus tenellus Malacopterus tenellus Long-horned Beetle - Malacopterus tenellus An early one in my collection - Malacopterus tenellus Which Longhorn Beetle is this? - Malacopterus tenellus Malacopterus tenellus Aneflus levettei - Malacopterus tenellus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Oemini
Subtribe Oemina
Genus Malacopterus
Species tenellus (Malacopterus tenellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Malacopterus tenellus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Callidium tenellum Fabricius 1801
Explanation of Names
tenellus = 'somewhat delicate'
Identification
Range
sw. US (CA-NM, s. TX) to S. Amer., W. Indies - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
Adults active Apr-Oct(2),(BG data)
Food
Larvae feed on dead wood of hackberry, willow, and poplar(2)
See Also
but narrower and pronotum is stripped
- Range: e. US
Hippopsis lemniscata (Fabricius)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera)
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 27 November, 2007 - 8:14am
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2019 - 10:18am

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