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Species Tragidion deceptum

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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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Tragidion
Species deceptum (Tragidion deceptum)
Explanation of Names
Tragidion deceptum Swift & Ray 2008
Identification

PARATYPE
Range
AZ to w.TX & Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
montane habitats, mostly on oozing desert broom (Baccharis) in lower elevations of Catalinas, Santa Ritas, etc.(3)
Food
mines the heartwood of recently dead branches of oak (Quercus)(3)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.A review of the genus Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini)
Swift I., Ray A.M. 2008. Zootaxa 1892: 1-25.
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 27 January, 2009 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 May, 2023 - 5:53pm

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