Species Purpuricenus opacus

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

Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus - male

Purpuricenus opacus (Knull) - Purpuricenus opacus - female

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 (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn Beetles)

Species opacus (Purpuricenus opacus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Purpuricenus opacus (Knull)

Orig. Comb: Tragidion opacum Knull 1937

Size

13-19 mm(1)

Identification

distinguished from other N. Amer. Purpuricenus by its brunneus to dull-orange elytra with at most the apical one-third black(1)

Range

w. TX: Davis Mountains(1)

Habitat

a large series collected in fermenting bait traps in a dry oak woodland dominated by Quercus emoryi, Q. vaseyana, Juniper deppeana, Pinus remota(1)

Season

Late June to late July(1)

Food

Larval hosts unknown; adults have only been beaten from oaks (Quercus)(1)

Life Cycle

most frequently collected from fermenting traps(1)

Remarks

Rare in dry years(1); a large series collected in fermenting bait traps placed in a dry oak/juniper/pine woodland at Davis Mountains Resort, Limpia Canyon at Yellow Knife Trail, 1769 m (5800 ft)

Print References

Knull, J.N. 1937. Notes on Coleoptera with descriptions of new species (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomol. News, 48(2): 36-42.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America MacRae T.C. 2000. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 76: 137-169.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 January, 2010 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 September, 2014 - 9:57am

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