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Species Mecas marginella

Mecas marginella LeConte - Mecas marginella

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 Phytoeciini

Genus Mecas

Species marginella (Mecas marginella)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mecas marginella LeConte 1873

Numbers

10 spp. (in 2 subgenera) n. of Mex. (1)

Identification

femora not pale reddish, pronotum without two small glabrous spots, elytral suture and outer edge margined with bright white or yellow pubescence (2)

Range

se US to NM-CO - Map (3)(4), mostly Colo. to s.TX

Season

March to June (3)(2)

Food

larvae bore into many spp. of herbaceous plants,

adults asso. w/ many wildflowers (2)

Print References

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs. (3)

LeConte, J.L. 1873. New species of North American Coleoptera prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 264(2): 169-348.

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 Mike Quinn on 19 December, 2009 - 10:24am
Last updated 9 May, 2023 - 7:01pm

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