Species Eburia haldemani

could be a syn. of E. quadrigeminata (1)

E. haldemani is a taxonomic problem because it intergrades with E. quadrigeminata over much of the southern and western parts of the range of E. quadrigeminata. E. "haldemani" can sometimes be almost spotless or can be very heavily darkened in Central Texas. In the Davis Mts it again appears more normal. In east Texas, the specimens can be very large and have quite a variation in the ivory markings (eburneous spots). I consider the east Texas specimens to be E. quadrigeminata, although some consider them to be E. haldemani. (Dan Heffern, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2015)

Eburia haldemani LeConte 1850

15-26 mm

Highly variable and anomalous forms do occur

c. US (common)(1); FL records questionable(2)

May-Jul(1)

Larvae feed in Celtis, Ulmus, possibly Salix and Juniperus ashei(1)

Occasionally attracted to lights; comes in numbers to fermenting molasses bait(3)

Lingafelter S.W. (1991) The Cerambycidae of north central Texas. MS thesis, Midwestern State University, 176 pp.

Lingafelter S.W. (1992) Variation of eburneous ridge character in Eburia haldemani (LeConte) from Northern Texas. Tex. J. Sci. 44: 119-121.

Lingafelter S.W., Horner N.V. (1993) The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. Col. Bull. 47: 159-191.

Cerambycidae Catalog

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn 2008