Species Amphicerus simplex

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Mesquite pruned by Bostrichid - Amphicerus simplex

Amphicerus simplex? - Amphicerus simplex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Bostrichoidea

Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)

Subfamily Bostrichinae

Tribe Bostrichini

Genus Amphicerus

Species simplex (Amphicerus simplex)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amphicerus simplex (Horn)

Orig. Comb: Sinoxylon simplex Horn 1885

Size

6.5-9 mm(1)

Identification

Elytra at base slightly narrower than pronotum at middle, truncate at base, without tubercles or callosities on apical declivity; sutural margins strongly elevated on apical declivity; sides slightly expanded posteriorly, conjointly broadly rounded at apices, margins not elevated; surface coarsely, densely, irregularly punctate, more or less rugose, with a few very short, erect hairs. (1)

Range

se. CA to w. TX (to Eagle Pass) - Map (1)(2)(3)

Food

reared from yellow paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla), blue paloverde (Parkinsonia florida (=Cercidium torreyanum)), and mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum(?) (=[i]flavescens). (1)

Remarks

Type locality: Southwestern Texas

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1885. Contributions to the Coleopterology of the United States No. 4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 12: 128–162.

Internet References

Syntype - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae. W.S. Fisher. 1950. United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publications No. 168: 1-157.

2.	California Beetle Project

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 12 December, 2008 - 7:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 October, 2024 - 12:40pm

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