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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Long-horned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Apomecynini » Adetus » Adetus brousii

Species Adetus brousii

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Adetus brousii (Horn) - Adetus brousii Cerambycidae - ? - Adetus brousii Cerambycidae - ? - Adetus brousii Adetus brousi - Adetus brousii Adetus brousi - Adetus brousii Adetus brousii ? - Adetus brousii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)
Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorns)
Tribe Apomecynini
Genus Adetus
Species brousii (Adetus brousii)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Adetus brousii (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Sicyobius brousii Horn 1880
Cerambycidae Catalog and Lingafelter (2008) use brousi, GBIF uses brousii
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Dr. Harry A. Brous (?1850-1906), an entomologist interested in beetles. Brous was native to Manhattan, KS, but also briefly collected in Helotes, Bexar Co., TX.
Numbers
2 described spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
7 mm (2)
Range
KS to n. Mex. - Map (3)(4) - Type Locality: KS
Uncommon (2)
Season
May-July (3)
Food
Larvae breed in stems of wild gourd (Cucurbita) and possibly other Cucurbitaceae, (2)
Remarks
Attracted to lights (3)
Print References
Horn, G.H. 1880. Notes on some genera of Cerambycidae with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 8: 115-138. (Full Text)
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)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 21 August, 2009 - 11:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 June, 2021 - 1:50pm

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