Species Sphaerion exutum

Classification · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sphaerion exutum (Newman) - Sphaerion exutum

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 Sphaerion

Species exutum (Sphaerion exutum)

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (but not listed in Am. Beetles (1))

Range

Hidalgo Co., in southmost Texas / south to S. Amer. (Hovore et al, 1987)

Season

May (Hovore et al. 1987)

Food

Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano), Acacia

Remarks

This tropical species was first recorded from the U.S. on the basis of eight specimens collected on dead ebony at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in May, 1972 and May, 1973 (Giesbert and Hovore 1976). An additional male specimen was taken at that locality on dead Acacia in May, 1980. (Hovore et al. 1987)

Print References

Giesbert, E.F. & F.T. Hovore 1976. Records and descriptions of some southwestern Cerambycidae. Coleopterists Bulletin, 30(1): 95-99.

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.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 March, 2011 - 8:26am

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