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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 » Psebiini » Nathriobrium » Nathriobrium methioides

Species Nathriobrium methioides

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Psebiini
Genus Nathriobrium
Species methioides (Nathriobrium methioides)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
This unusual, monotypic genus appears most closely related to genera from southern S. Amer. (1)
Explanation of Names
Nathriobrium methioides Hovore 1980
methioides (G). 'wine-colored' (?) (2)
Numbers
Monotypic genus (3)
Size
4.5-5.2 mm (3)
Range
Coastal South Texas - Map (4)
Globally known only from Lake Corpus Christi State Park, San Patricio Co. and the Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Cameron Co., TX (1), and Welder Wildlife Refuge, San Patricio Co. (BG data).
Season
November to January (1)
Food
The few known specimens, all reared, emerged from Ebony, Texas Persimmon, and Colima (1)
Texas Ebony Ebenopsis ebano (=Pithecellobium flexicaule) (Hovore 1980) - Range per BONAP
Texas Persimmon Diospyros texana (Turnbow & Wappes 1981) - Range per BONAP
Lime Pricklyash, Colima Zanthoxylum fagara (5) - Range per BONAP
Life Cycle
Adults are ephemeral, living only a few days under laboratory conditions (5)
Remarks
Type Locality: Lake Corpus Christi State Park, San Patricio County, Texas.
The entire type series (12 spmns) was reared from small branches of Texas Ebony gathered from slash piles at the south edge of Corpus Christi State Park. (3)
Print References
Hovore, F.T. 1980. A new genus and species of Cerambycidae from southern Texas (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 34(1): 115-119. (3)
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & 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, 20 figs. (1)
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, & R.T. Hovore. 1985. Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 39(1): 18-24. (5)
Turnbow, R.H. & J.E. Wappes. 1981. New host and distributional records for Texas Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Southwestern Entomologist 6: 75–80.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
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.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.A new genus and species of Cerambycidae from southern Texas (Coleoptera).
Hovore, F.T. 1980. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 34(1): 115-119.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States.
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, Jr. & F.T. Hovore. 1985. The Coleopterists Bulletin 39(1): 18-24.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 15 September, 2008 - 11:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 March, 2022 - 11:08am

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