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Species Plionoma suturalis

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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 Plionoma
Species suturalis (Plionoma suturalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Plionoma suturalis (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Sphaenothecus suturalis LeConte, 1858
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex.
Identification
pronotum red (CA to NM) or black (in TX):
Range
s. CA to OK to n. Mex - Map (1)
Season
Adults active May-July and September-November
Food
Larvae feed on wood of Mesquite (Prosopis spp.)
Remarks
Type Locality: Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Print References
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose, and 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.
LeConte J.L. 1858. Catalogue of Coleoptera of the regions adjacent to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Series 2) 4: 9-42.
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