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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 » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Crossidius » Crossidius pulchellus

Species Crossidius pulchellus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Crossidius pulchellus beetle, hairy, orange & black - Crossidius pulchellus - male cerambycidae - Crossidius pulchellus softwing flower beetle ? & small fly sp. - Crossidius pulchellus Crossidius ater? - Crossidius pulchellus beetle ? hairy - Crossidius pulchellus Crossidiua pulchellus - Crossidius pulchellus highly reduced pronotal tubercles… - Crossidius pulchellus - male
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Crossidius
Species pulchellus (Crossidius pulchellus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Crossidius pulchellus LeConte 1861
Explanation of Names
pulchellus - Latin (dim. of pulcher) 'beautiful' (1)
Identification
Amount of black is variable
Range
CA-TX-KS-AB / n. Mex. (2)
Season
Aug-Nov (2)
Food
Snakeweed (Gutierrezia spp.), Gymnosperma (2)
Print References
Richman, D.B. & E.W. Huddleston. 1981. Root feeding by the beetle Crossidius pulchellus LeConte and other insects on broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia spp.) in eastern and central New Mexico. Environmental Entomology 10(1): 53-57.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
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.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 January, 2008 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 September, 2013 - 6:02pm

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