Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ornithia mexicana (Sturm)
Orig. Comb: Ozodes mexicana Sturm, 1843
Syn: chevrolatii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo Co.) to Panama -
Map (1)(2)Remarks
The only previous US record for this striking species was a single specimen collected in 1947 near what is now Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, TX by George Vogt from beneath bark of hackberry Celtis (Vogt 1949)
Three males coll'ed in 2010 at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Resaca Loop Trail, via. ethanol-baited Lindgren funnel trap, set: 18-V to 6-VI-2010, B. Raber and D. Heffern Col.
The modern day records were collected on the tail end of what's likely to be the last intensive beetle survey of southmost Texas for decades to come.
(3)Print References
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334, 20 figs.
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Strum, J. 1843. Catalog der Kaefer-Sammlung von Jacob Sturm. Nürnberg, 386 pp., 6 pls.
Vogt, G.B. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3):137-144; (4): 175-184.
Contributed by
Mike Quinn on 6 June, 2010 - 11:01pm
Last updated 23 December, 2019 - 2:13pm