Species Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Tetraopes quinquemaculatus Haldeman - Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

Milkweed Longhorn Beetle with Few Spots - Tetraopes quinquemaculatus

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 Tetraopini

Genus Tetraopes (Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)

Species quinquemaculatus (Tetraopes quinquemaculatus)

Explanation of Names

Tetraopes quinquemaculatus Haldeman 1847

Size

8‒12 mm(1)

Identification

separated from most other spp. by lack of basal elytral spots; typically has slight dark markings at elytral tips(1)

Range

s.ON to NE‒TX(2)

Season

Jun‒Sep(3)

Food

larval hosts: Asclepias longifolia var. hirtella(1)

Remarks

uncommon(3), considered a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" in Arkansas(4)

Works Cited

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

2.	Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Col.) of Canada and United States of America, Parts I‒IV Monné M.A., Nearns E.H. 2023. Available from https://cerambycids.com/catalog/.

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

4.	Arkansas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2006

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 September, 2008 - 3:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2024 - 2:25pm

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