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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) » Cerambycinae » Ibidionini » Neocompsa » Neocompsa mexicana

Species Neocompsa mexicana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Neocompsa mexicana (Thomson) - Neocompsa mexicana

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 Ibidionini

Genus Neocompsa

Species mexicana (Neocompsa mexicana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neocompsa mexicana (Thomson)

Orig. Comb: Ibidion mexicana Thomson 1865

Explanation of Names

compsa (G). 'neat, elegant' (1)

Numbers

4 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

(All occur in southern Texas.) (3)

Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009

Range

southmost TX (Hidalgo, Cameron & Jim Hogg Cos.) to Costa Rica - Map (3)(4)

Food

Large numbers of adults were reared and taken from dead tepehuaje/tepeguaje (Teh puh wah hey), (Leucaena pulverulenta - Mimosaceae, Mimosa Family) branches in the palm grove. (3)

See Also

Neocompsa exclamationis (Thomson)

- Range: southmost TX to s. Mex.

Det D. Heffern 2009

Print References

Craighead, F.C. 1923. North American cerambycid larvae: a classification and the biology of North American cerambycid larvae. Canada Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 27: 3-239.

Hovore, F.T. and R.L. Penrose. 1982. Notes on Cerambycidae co-inhabiting girdles of Oncideres pustulata LeConte. Southwestern Naturalist 27(1): 23-27.

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. (3)

Turnbow, R.H. Jr. and J.E. Wappes. 1978. Notes on Texas Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 32(4): 367-372.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

3.	The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera) Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 March, 2009 - 9:09pm
Last updated 4 January, 2020 - 3:11pm

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