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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) » Prioninae » Prionini » Derobrachus » Palo Verde Root Borer (Derobrachus hovorei)

Species Derobrachus hovorei - Palo Verde Root Borer

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Palo Verde Root Borer - Derobrachus hovorei

Derobrachus hovorei Santos-Silva - Derobrachus hovorei

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 Prioninae

Tribe Prionini

Genus Derobrachus

Species hovorei (Palo Verde Root Borer)

Other Common Names

torito de palo verde

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This common and widely distributed species has been called "Derobrachus geminatus", but examination of type specimens revealed that the true geminatus refers to a much less common species we have called "Derobrachus forreri" (Santos-Silva, 2007). Rules of nomenclature require that the name geminatus be applied to the less common species (with forreri as a synonym), leaving the common species without a name.

Derobrachus hovorei Santos-Silva is the new name given to this species, which can be distinguished from true D. geminatus (formerly D. forreri) by its more weakly striolate antennae.

Ted MacRae

Syn: Derobrachus geminatus LeConte

Syn: Derobrachus forreri Bates

Explanation of Names

Patronym for Frank T. Hovore (1945-2006)

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

Length, exclusive of mandibles, 54-66 mm

Identification

Range

CA to TX, NV / n. Mex. (2)

Habitat

upland sp. asso. w/ mesquite and paloverde (Hovore et al. 1987)

Season

mostly: Jun-Aug (BG data)

Food

Larvae feed on roots of living trees: Populus, Quercus, Prosopis, Ulmus, Parkinsonia, Morus, Citrus, Vitis (Hovore et al. 1987)

Remarks

attracted to lights (Hovore et al. 1987)

See Also

Derobrachus spp. - Cerambycidae Catalog

Print References

Chemsak, J.A. & E.G. Linsley. 1977. Review of the Species of Derobrachus Audinet-Serville Occurring in the United States (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50(4): 508-514. First Page

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.

Santos-Silva, A. 2007. Revisao do genero Derobrachus Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Arquivos de Zoologia, 38(1): 1-94.

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

species account - Wikipedia

Larval Images - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Blog - Alex Wild

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 19 July, 2005 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 July, 2014 - 10:11am

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