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Species Chrotoma dunniana

Chrotoma dunniana Casey - Chrotoma dunniana Chrotoma dunniana Casey - Chrotoma dunniana Cerambycid - Chrotoma dunniana Chrotoma dunniana Casey - Chrotoma dunniana Chrotoma dunniana - 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 Bothriospilini
Genus Chrotoma
Species dunniana (Chrotoma dunniana)
Explanation of Names
Chrotoma dunniana Casey 1891
Numbers
Monotypic genus
Range
s.CA to w. & s. TX / Baja Calif., Mex. - Map (1)
Life Cycle
A single adult of this rarely collected species was reared by us from the root crown of living snakewood, Condalia (prob. globosa var. pubescens) Rhamnaceae. (Hovore and Giesbert 1976)
Remarks
Type Locality: El Paso, Texas
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1891. Coleopterological notices. III. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6: 9-214.
Hovore, F.T. and E.F. Giesbert. 1976. Notes on the ecology and distribution of western Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(4): 349-360. JSTOR
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian