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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 » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Stenaspis » Stenaspis solitaria

Species Stenaspis solitaria

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

With a Euphoria sepulcralis - Stenaspis solitaria - male

Black Very Long-horned beetle - Stenaspis solitaria

Also nearby were some beetles - Stenaspis solitaria - male

Stenaspis solitaria? - Stenaspis solitaria

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 Stenaspis

Species solitaria (Stenaspis solitaria)

Other Common Names

Say's Solitary Black Bycid (SSBB)

Explanation of Names

Stenaspis solitaria (Say 1823)

Identification

occasionally with prominent amounts of red:

Range

s CA to s TX / n. Mex. - Map (1)(2)

Season

May-Oct in so. TX(3)

Food

on Prosopis, Acacia. Pupae and adults taken from pupal cells in root crowns of dying Acacia in AZ and w. TX(3). Reported feeding upon, and apparently becoming intoxicated by, fermenting exudates of Senecio in AZ (Linsley & Cazier 1962)

Remarks

They love to fly around on hot days. Not common in so. TX but somewhat common in the Big Bend area and extremely common in so. AZ (Dan Heffern, pers. comm.)

Print References

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334. (3)

Linsley E.G., Cazier M.A. (1962) A note on the attraction of Stenaspis solitaria (Say) and other insects to Senecio lonilobus, a range plant highly toxic to livestock (Cerambycidae). Can. Entomol. 94: 745-748.

Vogt B.G. (1949) Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 25: 137-144, 175-184.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008

Works Cited

1.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera) Hovore F.T., Penrose R.L., Neck R.W. 1987. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44: 283-334.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 15 November, 2006 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 February, 2020 - 11:34am

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