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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 » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Tragidion » Tragidion coquus

Species Tragidion coquus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Longhorned Beetle - Tragidion coquus Orange & Black Longhorned Bettle - Tragidion coquus beetle with long horns - Tragidion coquus - female Tragidion coquus - male Tragidion coquus - male Orange backed Beetle - Tragidion coquus Orange Hairy Beetle - Tragidion coquus Long-horned Beetle - Tragidion coquus
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 Trachyderini
Subtribe Trachyderina
Genus Tragidion
Species coquus (Tragidion coquus)
Explanation of Names
Tragidion coquus (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
15-25 mm(1)
Identification
amount of orange on the elytra highly variable
Range
e US to NM-CO (NH-FL to CO-NM) - Map (2)(3)
Habitat
in north-central TX, adults taken from many plants, including Thurberia, Salix, Helianthus, Grindelia, Prionopsis(4)
Season
mostly Sept-Oct (4)(BG data)
Food
Larvae develop in Quercus and Celtis(5)
adults perhaps most commonly associated with Spanish gold (Prionopsis) in north-central TX where dozens were seen feeding and mating on the dying blossoms during September and October (4)
Remarks
One hundred and eighty-seven specimens examined from north-central TX (4)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.A review of the genus Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini)
Swift I., Ray A.M. 2008. Zootaxa 1892: 1-25.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
5.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 25 August, 2005 - 11:41am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, bmathison1972
Last updated 9 May, 2023 - 5:01pm

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