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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) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Acanthocinini » Coenopoeus » Coenopoeus palmeri

Species Coenopoeus palmeri

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Acanthocinini

Genus Coenopoeus

Species palmeri (Coenopoeus palmeri)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coenopoeus palmeri (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Leptostylus palmeri LeConte 1873

Syns: Coenopaeus, Coenopeus (spelling)

Explanation of Names

Patronym honors Dr. Henry Palmer who collected the type spmn. (LeConte 1873)

Numbers

2 spp., 1 n. of Mex. (1)

Size

15-27 mm (2)

Identification

The amount of pale pubescence on the elytra varies considerably. All black individuals are encountered in s. AZ and NM (2)

Range

s. CA to w. TX, s. NV / ne Mex - Map (2)(3)

Season

May-Sept (2)

Food

Opuntia spp. (2)

Remarks

Type Locality: Ariz (2)

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1880. Notes on some genera of Cerambycidae with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 8: 115-138. (Full PDF)

LeConte, J.L. 1873. New species of North American Coleoptera. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part II. Smithson. Misc. Coll’ns., 11(264): 169-238. (Full Text)

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 of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 1 September, 2006 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 November, 2023 - 8:14pm

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