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Species Anelaphus niveivestitus

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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 Elaphidiini
Genus Anelaphus
Species niveivestitus (Anelaphus niveivestitus)
Other Common Names
Texas Ash Borer (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anelaphus niveivestitus (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Elaphidion niveivestitum Schaeffer 1905
Explanation of Names
niveivestitum (L). 'snow coated' (2)
Size
10-12 mm (Schaeffer 1905)
Range
c. to s. TX: Welder Wildlife Refuge(3), and Palmetto State Park(1) - Map (4)
Season
April-July (3)
Food
Beaten from ash, hackberry, and tepehuaje (3)
Life Cycle
Commonly attracted to lights, also attracted to fermenting molasses bait (3)
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas (Schaeffer 1905)
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. (3)
Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(7): 141-179. (Full Text)
Taber, S.W. & S.B. Fleenor. 2005. Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock. 309 pp. (1)
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian, USNM
Works Cited
1.Invertebrates Of Central Texas Wetlands
Stephen Welton Taber, Scott B. Fleenor. 2005. Texas Tech University Press.
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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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