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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) » Pteropliini » Ataxia » Ataxia hubbardi

Species Ataxia hubbardi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hirsute With Black Stripe - Ataxia hubbardi

Light brown, striped longhorn beetle - Ataxia hubbardi

Ataxia? reared from dead stems of Helianthus annuus - Ataxia hubbardi

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 Pteropliini

Genus Ataxia

Species hubbardi (Ataxia hubbardi)

Explanation of Names

Ataxia hubbardi Fisher 1924

patronym for Henry Guernsey Hubbard (1850-1899)

Size

10-16 mm(1)

Range

mostly sc US to AZ / ne. Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Food

Larvae are stem borers of living herbaceous plants, mostly composites, including Helianthus(6)

Life Cycle

life history on sunflowers in TX: Rogers (1977)

Remarks

comes to lights(1)

Print References

Fisher, W.S. 1924. A new species of Ataxia from the United States. The Canadian Entomologist 56: 253-254.

Rogers C.E. (1977) Cerambycid pests of sunflower: distribution and behavior in the Southern Plains. Env. Entomol. 6: 833–838.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

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.

4.	A checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Montana with distribution maps Hart C.J., Cope J.S., Ivie M.A. 2013. Col. Bull. 67: 133-148.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

Contributed by v belov on 21 April, 2009 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 15 January, 2020 - 4:59pm

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