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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Acanthocinini » Dectes

Genus Dectes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Soybean Stem Borer - Dectes texanus Small grey bycid - Dectes texanus Grey bug - Dectes texanus Dectes? - Dectes texanus Mecas confusa? - Dectes sayi Small gray longhorn - Dectes texanus Dectes texanus Dectes texanus
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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Acanthocinini
Genus Dectes
Explanation of Names
Dectes LeConte 1852
Numbers
1‒2 spp. in our area, 2‒3 total(1) [sayi possibly synonym of texanus(2)]
Identification
D. sayi: outer apex of femora gray, tarsi basally pale, lower eye lobe usually shorter than genal area. D. texanus: outer apex of femora dark reddish-brown to black, tarsi unicolorous, lower eye lobe usually subequal to genal area.(2)
Range
e.US to AZ; n.Mexico(1)(3)
Food
stem borers of herbaceous plants, esp. ragweed (Ambrosia, Asteraceae)(4)
See Also
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
3.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.
4.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 July, 2005 - 11:12am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 July, 2024 - 11:25pm

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