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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (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

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 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, iNat uses both spellings

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 e. NM / 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. CAS 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 19 February, 2024 - 6:49pm

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