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Species Tragidion armatum

Tragidion armatum LeConte, 1858 - Tragidion armatum - male Tragidion armatum LeConte, 1858 - Tragidion armatum - female Tragidion armatum  LeConte - Tragidion armatum * - Tragidion armatum - male
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 armatum (Tragidion armatum)
Explanation of Names
Tragidion armatum LeConte 1858
armatum (L). 'armed' (1)
Range
CA to UT & w TX / n Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Food
Larvae in dead flower stalks of Yucca and Agave(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.A review of the genus Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini)
Swift I., Ray A.M. 2008. Zootaxa 1892: 1-25.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)