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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 » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Sphaenothecus » Sphaenothecus bilineatus

Species Sphaenothecus bilineatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont - Sphaenothecus bilineatus Unknown longhorn beetle (Sphaenothecus bivittatus?) - Sphaenothecus bilineatus AZ beetle help - Sphaenothecus bilineatus Cerambycidae? - Sphaenothecus bilineatus - male - female Sphaenothecus bilineatus Sphaenothecus bilineatus - male Longhorn Beetle - Sphaenothecus bilineatus Sphaenothecus bilineatus - male - female
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 Sphaenothecus
Species bilineatus (Sphaenothecus bilineatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sphaenothecus bivittatus Dupont 1838
Explanation of Names
Sphaenothecus bilineatus (Gory 1831)
Range
s. CA-TX-OK / Mex. - Map (1)(2)
Season
mostly: Sep-Nov (2)
Food
Larval hosts: Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and Roses (Rosa spp.)(3)
Life Cycle
Males position themselves on the highest tips of branches on flowering shrubs or small trees and keep lookout for females. Their long thin antennae wave in the wind. When females arrive, the males are quick to take action and they frequently mate while the females feed.(4)
See Also
Lophalia cyanicollis (Dupont)
- Range: AZ(?), southmost TX
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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.Austin bug collection
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 November, 2005 - 9:19am
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Mike Quinn, margarethe brummermann, v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2022 - 10:56am

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