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Species Mecas bicallosa

Longhorn, Mecas bicallosa? - Mecas bicallosa

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 Phytoeciini

Genus Mecas

Species bicallosa (Mecas bicallosa)

Explanation of Names

Mecas bicallosa Martin 1924

Identification

bicallused pronoturm and abbreviated distal antennal segments(1)

Range

w NA (BC-CA to ID-CO-w.TX) / nw Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Season

Apr-Aug(1)

Food

sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata, Asteraceae)(1)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Brady Richards on 23 July, 2013 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 12:35am

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