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Species Hypexilis pallida

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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 Graciliini
Genus Hypexilis
Species pallida (Hypexilis pallida)
Other Common Names
Pale Stocky Texas Bycid
Explanation of Names
Hypexilis pallida Horn 1885
pallida = 'pale'
Size
5.5 mm (Horn 1885)
Identification

Det. M.A. QUinn, 2011
Range
TX (Trans-Pecos to Brazos R.) & n. Mex - Map (1)(2)
Season
mostly Apr-Sept (1)(2)
Food
beaten and reared from willow (Salix)(1), beaten from elm (Ulmus)(3)
Remarks
common at lights
Print References
Horn G.H. (1885) Descriptions of some new Cerambycidae with notes. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 12: 173-197.
Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. (1987) The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.
Turnbow R.H., Wappes J.E. (1981) New host and distributional records for Texas Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Southwestern Entomologist 6: 75–80.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.