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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 » Plionoma » Plionoma suturalis

Species Plionoma suturalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis - male

Plionoma suturalis (LeConte) - Plionoma suturalis - female

Plionoma suturalis? - Plionoma suturalis

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 (s.CA to w.TX) or black (in the rest of 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.) (2)

Life Cycle

encountered in the fall on fresh-cut mesquite and huisache, and in early summer on blossoms of leguminous trees. (2)

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. (2)

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.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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 Will Chatfield-Taylor on 4 September, 2008 - 7:47pm
Additional contributions by Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 May, 2024 - 11:14am

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