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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) » Pogonocherini » Ecyrus » Ecyrus arcuatus

Species Ecyrus arcuatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Girdler sp., Ecyrus dasycerus or arcuatus - Ecyrus arcuatus south Texas longhorn - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan - Ecyrus arcuatus Small Longhorn - Ecyrus arcuatus Small Longhorn - Ecyrus arcuatus
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 Pogonocherini
Genus Ecyrus
Species arcuatus (Ecyrus arcuatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ecyrus dasycerus var. texanus Schaeffer
Explanation of Names
Ecyrus arcuatus Gahan 1892
arcuatus = 'arched' [refers to the dark elytral pattern]
Range
c. TX to Honduras - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
Mar-Oct(2)
Food
Larval hosts: Acacia, Prosopis(2)
Life Cycle
Abundant on dead branches of its hosts, particularly in the fall(2)
Remarks
occasionally comes to lights(2)
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 Eric R. Eaton on 22 December, 2007 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 December, 2023 - 3:24pm

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