Species Oxymerus aculeatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Oxymerus aculeatus lebasi Dupont - Oxymerus aculeatus - male

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 Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Oxymerus

Species aculeatus (Oxymerus aculeatus)

Explanation of Names

Oxymerus aculeatus Dupont 1838

acule (L). 'thorn' (1)

Numbers

3 sspp.(2), of which O. a. lebasi Dupont found in so. FL(3)

Size

10-17mm

Range

apparently established in extreme so. FL (Miami-Dade, and Broward Co.) - Map (3)(4)(5), Mexico to Uruguay & Bolivia, West Indies;

O. a. lebasi: s. FL, West Indies and Mexico to n. S America (2)

Life Cycle

Little is known about the biology of this species. Other members of the tribe are reported to bore in dead, dry branches as larvae. The adults are active during the day. (3)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: Miami-Dade County, FL 2003(3)

Internet References

Fact sheet - M.C. Thomas, 2006(3)

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere Bezark L.G., Monné M.A. 2013. 470 pp.

3.	FDACS Division of Plant Industry -- Pest alerts

4.	iNaturalist

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 23 March, 2012 - 3:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 March, 2025 - 11:15am

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