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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Bostrichoidea » Horned Powder-post Beetles (Bostrichidae) » Bostrichinae » Xyloperthini » Xylobiops » Xylobiops texanus

Species Xylobiops texanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Xylobiops texanus (Horn) - Xylobiops texanus W159 - Xylobiops texanus Xylobiops - Xylobiops texanus Xylobiops texanus Xylobiops texanus Xylobiops texanus? - Xylobiops texanus Bostrichidae ? - Xylobiops texanus Bostrichidae ? - Xylobiops texanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)
Subfamily Bostrichinae
Tribe Xyloperthini
Genus Xylobiops
Species texanus (Xylobiops texanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sinoxylon texanum Horn 1878
Explanation of Names
Xylobiops texanus (Horn)
Size
3-5 mm(1)
Range
OK & c. TX to Mexico [map](2)(3)
Food
reared from the following spp. of Fabaceae: mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), huisache (Acacia farnesiana), huajillo (Pithecolobiwn brevifolium), and horsebean (Parkinsonia aculeata); reported it infesting nursery stock at College Station, TX(1)
Life Cycle
Competes with various cerambycids for the small mesquite branches (Rogers 1977)
Print References
Rogers C.E. (1977) Bionomics of Oncideres cingulata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on mesquite. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 50: 222–228. (Full text)
Internet References
Type specimen
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American species of beetles belonging to the family Bostrichidae.
W.S. Fisher. 1950. United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publications No. 168: 1-157.
2.Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Ed Riley on 21 May, 2010 - 9:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2022 - 3:48pm

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