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Species Tetraopes skillmani

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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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Tetraopini
Genus Tetraopes (Milkweed Longhorn Beetles)
Species skillmani (Tetraopes skillmani)
Explanation of Names
Tetraopes skillmani Chemsak & Noguera 2003
named after Frederick W. Skillman, Jr.
Size
6-9 mm(1)
Range
AZ(2)
Food
Twinevine (Funastrum, Asclepiadaceae)
Print References
Chemsak, J.A. and F.A. Noguera. 2003. New species of the genus Tetraopes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(3): 237-244.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.New species of the genus Tetraopes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
J.A. Chemsak and F. A. Noguera. 2003. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79(3):237-244.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 30 July, 2009 - 9:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden
Last updated 16 January, 2024 - 11:29am

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