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Species Ormiscus fasciatus

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Ormiscus fasciatus (LeConte) - Ormiscus fasciatus Ormiscus fasciatus (LeConte) - Ormiscus fasciatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Tribe Zygaenodini
Genus Ormiscus
Species fasciatus (Ormiscus fasciatus)

Other Common Names

Broad Brown-banded Ormiscus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ormiscus fasciatus (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Toxotropis fasciatus LeConte 1884

Size

Length 1-5 mm (1)

Identification

black densely clothed with cinereous pubescence. Elytra with a broad black transverse band. Antennae, tibiae and tarsi testaceous. (1)

Range

e US (TX-MD-MA-OK) (2)(3)(BG data)

Remarks

One spmn coll'ed during two yrs of arboreal surveys in c. TX (4)
Type Locality: Columbus, Austin Co., Texas; Mr. Schwarz.

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1884. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American. Entomological Society 12: 1–32. (Full Text) (1)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.Short studies of North American Coleoptera (No. 2).
LeConte, J.L. 1884. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 12: 1–32.
2.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
3.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
4.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 January, 2013 - 2:12pm
Last updated 10 September, 2025 - 3:49pm

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