Species Pilostenaspis lateralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pilostenaspis lateralis (LeConte) - Pilostenaspis lateralis

Black and red beetle found on Texas Bluebonnet - Pilostenaspis lateralis

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 Cerambycinae

Tribe Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Pilostenaspis

Species lateralis (Pilostenaspis lateralis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pilostenaspis lateralis (LeConte), comb. nov. (1)

Orig. Comb: Crioprosopus lateralis LeConte 1884

Size

11–14 mm (1)

Range

w. to c. TX (known records: Bandera, Bosque, Brown, Gillespie, and Pecos counties per BG, MCZ, TAMUIC & UTIC data) - Map (2)(3)(4)

Season

Mar-Apr, plus other rearing emergence records from Nov-Mar. (1)(5)

Food

Mohr oak - Quercus mohriana (Fagaceae) (1)

Remarks

over 30 spmns of this normally rare beetle were collected at the US Hwy 385 Rest Stop, 28 mi S Fort Stockton, Glass Mtns, Pecos Co., Texas, over 20 were collected at this site in mid March (1)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1884. Short studies of North. American Coleoptera (no. 2). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12: 1-32. (Full text)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Crioprosopus Audinet-Serville, and description of three new genera of Trachyderini (...Cerambycinae) Eya, B.K. 2015. Zootaxa 3914(4): 351–405.

2.	University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)

3.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Larval host plant records, distributional records, and biological information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Heffern, D.J., J. Vlasak, and R.L. Alten. 2018. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(4): 739-751.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 January, 2010 - 10:30am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 20 September, 2023 - 3:01pm

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