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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) » Cerambycinae » Obriini » Obrium » Obrium glabrum

Species Obrium glabrum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Obrium glabrum Knull - Obrium glabrum
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 Obriini
Genus Obrium
Species glabrum (Obrium glabrum)
Explanation of Names
Obrium glabrum Knull 1937
glabrum (L). 'smooth' (1)
Size
3-4.3 mm (Hovore & Chemsak 1979)
Range
Endemic to Davis Mountains, TX (Hovore & Chemsak 1979; Rice et al. 1985)
Season
June-July
Food
Beaten from oak - Quercus (Hovore & Chemsak 1979)
Life Cycle
Attracted to lights and taken in molasses bait traps (Hovore & Chemsak 1979)
Remarks
Described from a unique female labeled Davis Mountains, TEXAS, July 10. (Knull 1937)
Obrium glabrum is rare in collections, only 8 specimens, all from the Davis Mountains, had been collected by the time of Hovore & Chemsak's (1979) publication.
Print References
Hovore, F.T. & J.A. Chemsak 1979. A review of the Mexican and Central American species of the genus Obrium Dejean. Col. Bull. 34(1): 31-54.
Knull, J.N. 1937. Notes on Coleoptera with descriptions of new species (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). Entomol. News, 48(2): 36-42. Full Text
Rice, M.E., R.H. Turnbow, Jr. & F.T. Hovore. 1985. Biological and distributional observations on Cerambycidae from the southwestern United States. Col. Bull. 39(1): 18-24.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 2 February, 2010 - 1:48pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2022 - 5:23pm

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