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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Neoclytus » Neoclytus mucronatus

Species Neoclytus mucronatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Clytus? Neoclytus? - Neoclytus mucronatus Cerambycidae - Neoclytus mucronatus What type of beetle? - Neoclytus mucronatus Neoclytus mucronatus 9048136 lEPT - Neoclytus mucronatus - male - female Longhorn beetle on downed hickory branch - Neoclytus mucronatus Neoclytus mucronatus vogti Linsley - Neoclytus mucronatus - female beetle - Neoclytus mucronatus
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 Clytini
Genus Neoclytus
Species mucronatus (Neoclytus mucronatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Callidium mucronatum, Callidium luscum, Clytus luscus, Cerambyx maculosus, Clytus humeralis, Neoclyus luscus strictulus, Neoclytus mucronatus vogti, Neoclytus luscus, Zajciwiclytus mucronatus
Explanation of Names
Neoclytus mucronatus (Fabricius 1775)
mucronatus = 'with a sharp point' (may refer to elytral apices or metafemora -- compare)
Size
7.5-23 mm(1)
Identification
Pronotum (thorax) Reddish-brown in central area, darkening toward all margins. Yellow stripe outlines all borders of thorax. Elytra (wings) Reddish-brown. Yellow slanted L-shape covers first 1/3 of elytra. Wide sideways U-shape on lower half of wing, often appearing almost X-shaped with elytra closed. Scutellum yellow. Hind leg extremely long.
Range
e. US, s.Ont (s.ON-FL to NE-TX) - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
Forests
Season
June to September in the north, extended season in the south.
Food
Larval hosts: Celtis and Persimmon (3); dead and dying hickory, rarely pine(4), Elm and Pecan.
Remarks
common(4)
See Also
N. m. vogti Lindsey
- Range: s. AZ, s. TX / ne. Mex.
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2020
Print References
Zamoroka, A. (2021) Is Clytini monophyletic? The evidence from five-gene phylogenetic analysis. Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum 37(37): 191-214. (5)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn 2007
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
4.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
5.Is Clytini monophyletic? The evidence from five-gene phylogenetic analysis.
Zamoroka, A.M. 2021. Proceedings of the State Natural History Museum 37(37): 191-214.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 August, 2006 - 7:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, v belov, lee_penner
Last updated 5 October, 2024 - 3:24pm

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