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Species Spalacopsis texana

Slim Jim on a grass stem - Spalacopsis texana

long thin tiny beetle - Spalacopsis texana

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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Agapanthiini

Genus Spalacopsis

Species texana (Spalacopsis texana)

Explanation of Names

Spalacopsis texana Casey 1891

Numbers

5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

Houston to s. TX - Map (2)(3)

Season

April to Dec. (2)

Food

The larval host is not known, but this sp. probably breeds in dead stems of grasses, annual Asteraceae, or other pithy plants (2)

Remarks

Penrose swept numerous spmns from grasses and understory vegetation at Welder Wildlife Refuge in May and beat a mating pair from Baccharis at that site in Oct. (2)

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1891. Coleopterological Notices. III. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6: 9-214.

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)

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.

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 28 April, 2011 - 4:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 December, 2023 - 3:01am

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