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Species Methia necydalea

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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 (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Methiini
Genus Methia
Species necydalea (Methia necydalea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
pusilla Newman 1840
Explanation of Names
Methia necydalea Fabricius 1798
Size
4-9 mm(1)(2)
Range
se US (NC-FL-AR-TX) to Belize, West Indies(3)(4) (the only representative of the genus east of TX)
Season
May-Sep(1)
Food
on cypress(2)
Print References
Philips T.K., Ivie M.A. (1998) The Methiini of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with notes on the circum-Caribbean species. Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 57-88.
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
2.Thomas M.C., Hill S., Morris R.F., Nearns G. () The Cerambycidae of Florida
3.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
4.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 3 April, 2006 - 3:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 August, 2016 - 10:31am

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