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Species Mecas linsleyi

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 linsleyi (Mecas linsleyi)

Explanation of Names

Mecas linsleyi Knull 1974

Patronym for Dr. E. Gorton Linsley [1910-2000]

Size

11-12 mm (Knull 1974)

Range

Houston, TX to n. Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)

Season

Mar-June (1)(3), plus Oct. (BG data)

Food

Adults always in asso. w/ spiny chloracantha (Chloracantha (=Aster) spinosa, Asteraceae) its probable larval host plant (1)

Remarks

Type Locality: Bentsen-RGV State Park, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX

Type male and allotype female and paratypes collected on the foliage of Mexican devil-weed (Aster spinosus Benth.) in Bentsen Rio Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, March 26, 1954. Other paratypes collected under similar conditions March 24 and 28, 1954. (Knull 1974)

See Also

similar to M. pergrata but note banded antennae (1)

Print References

Chemsak, J.A. & E.G. Linsley . 1973. The genus Mecas LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 39: 141-184.

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. (1)

Knull, J.N. 1975. A new species of Mecas from Texas. Ohio Journal of Science, 75(3): 130-131. (Full PDF)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 19 December, 2009 - 10:28am
Last updated 9 May, 2023 - 7:17pm

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