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Species Ecyrus penicillatus

Ecyrus penicillatus Bates - Ecyrus penicillatus

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 Pogonocherini

Genus Ecyrus

Species penicillatus (Ecyrus penicillatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Ecyrus fasciatus Hamilton

Explanation of Names

Ecyrus penicillatus Bates 1880

penicill (L). a pencil, brush (1)

Numbers

3 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

body length 7.0-10.5 mm (3)

Identification

uncommon sp. resembles a bird dropping when resting on dead twigs or in a death-feigning posture (legs and antennae drawn tight to the body) on the beating sheet (4)

Range

southmost TX (Cameron County) / Mex. - Map (3)(5)

Habitat

palm forest in U.S.

Season

Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:

May (12), June (9), July (3), August (1), September (2), October (5). (3)

Food

Larval Host: Ebony (Ebenopsis ebano, Fabaceae) (6)

Most material beaten from dead branches of Celtis or Salix (4)

Remarks

attracted to lights (4)

Print References

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. (4)

Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (3)

Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, and R.T. Hovore. 1985. Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 39(1): 18-24. (" class="bb_url">JSTOR)

Townsend, C.H.T. 1902. Contribution to a knowledge of the coleopterous fauna of the lower Rio Grande valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, the biological notes and special reference to geological distribution. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Science 5:49-101. (Full Text)

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.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

4.	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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States. Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, Jr. & F.T. Hovore. 1985. The Coleopterists Bulletin 39(1): 18-24.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 June, 2009 - 10:58pm
Last updated 27 March, 2023 - 10:13pm

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