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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 » Elaphidiini » Aneflus » Aneflus sonoranus

Species Aneflus sonoranus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Please help us to identify this guy. - Aneflus sonoranus

a live Aneflus sonoranus from Granite Mts - Aneflus sonoranus

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 Elaphidiini

Genus Aneflus

Species sonoranus (Aneflus sonoranus)

Explanation of Names

Aneflus sonoranus Casey 1924

Identification

Range

s. CA to s. TX / nw. Mex. (Baja, Sonora) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)

Season

May-Sept (2)

Food

larvae bore within living branches and trunks of catclaw acacia (Senegalia (=Acacia) (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Baboquivari Mtns., Arizona

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1924. Memoirs on the Coleoptera. XI. Lancaster: New Era Printing Company. 347 pp.Cazier, M.A. 1951. The Buprestidae of North Central Mexico (Coleoptera). American Museum Novitates 1526: 1-56, figs. 1-51.

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. (2)

Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184. (1)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Vogt, G.B. 1949. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3): 137-144; (4): 175-184.

2.	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.

3.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 9 March, 2011 - 11:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 July, 2023 - 4:39pm

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