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Species Heterachthes nobilis

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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 Ibidionini
Genus Heterachthes
Species nobilis (Heterachthes nobilis)
Other Common Names
Tamaulipan Noble Mesquite Bycid
Explanation of Names
Heterachthes nobilis LeConte 1862
nobilis (L). 'well-known' (1)
Range
Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, TX to Tamps., Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Season
adults active Apr-Aug(2)
Food
larvae feed on Mesquite (Prosopis)(2), and dead ebony (Ebenopsis ebano) (D. Heffern, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2019)
Remarks
not common in collections, mostly collected at lights or on decadent mesquite(2)
Print References
Hovore, F.T. & E.F. Giesbert. 1976. Notes on the ecology and distribution of western Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin, 30: 349-360.
Swift, I. 2008. Heterachthes rugosicollis Martins, a species new to North America. Coleopterists Bulletin 62(4): 545-549.
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3):137-144; (4):175-184.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 7 September, 2008 - 4:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2019 - 12:18pm

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