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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) » Acanthocinini » Sternidius » Sternidius alpha

Species Sternidius alpha

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Cerambycidae, pronotum - Sternidius alpha

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 Acanthocinini

Genus Sternidius

Species alpha (Sternidius alpha)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Liopinus alpha (Say)

Sternidius floridanus (Hamilton)

S. cinereus (LeConte)

S. coloradensis (Dillon)

S. divergens (Haldeman)

S. lateralis (Haldeman)

S. nelsonicus (Casey)

S. suturalis (Dillon)

S. vicinus (Haldeman)

Explanation of Names

Sternidius alpha (Say 1826)

Size

4-9 mm(1)

Identification

Probably the most variable color pattern of any eastern longhorn; may be a complex of species, but there is no consensus(1)

Range

e NA to AZ (QC-FL to ON-MN-AZ)(2)(3)

Season

Mar-Oct(4)

Food

Larvae in branches of many hardwoods, shrubs, and vines(4)

Remarks

One of the most common eastern lamiines(1); common at lights

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

4.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 May, 2005 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 May, 2021 - 7:45pm

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