Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neocompsa puncticollis (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Compsa puncticollis LeConte, 1873
Size
asperula - 8-13 mm (LeConte 1873)
orientalis - 5.2 mm (BG data)
Identification
note elytral setae in rows
Neocompsa puncticollis orientalis Martins & Chemsak
Det. F. Skillman
Range
subsp. asperula (Bates, 1885) - Arizona / Mexico, Nicaragua
subsp. orientalis Martins & Chemsak 1966 - south TX (Hidalgo & San Patricio Cos.) / Mexico (NL, TA, SLP, VC, OA)
Remarks
a single spmn of
orientalis coll'ed by Vogt (1949) at lights in Pharr, Hidalgo Co., TX in August tentatively ID'd as
Neocompsa puncticollis orientalis Martins & Chemsak.
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a second spmn of orientalis coll'ed by Fred Skillman at Welder Wildlife Refuge, San Patricio County, TX in September 2014 (BG data)
Print References
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334, 20 figs.
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LeConte, J.L. 1873. New species of North American Coleoptera. Part II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 264(2): 169-240. (
Full Text)
Martins, U.R. and J.A. Chemsak. 1966. Synopsis of the known Mexican Ibidionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39(3): 454-467. (
JSTOR)
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn on 20 March, 2019 - 8:26pm
Last updated 28 March, 2019 - 12:08pm
