Species Parmenonta wickhami

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Parmenonta wickhami Schaeffer - Parmenonta wickhami

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorns)

Tribe Apomecynini

Genus Parmenonta

Species wickhami (Parmenonta wickhami)

Explanation of Names

Parmenonta wickhami Schaeffer 1908

Type collected by Prof. Wickham. (Schaeffer 1908)

Size

Length 6 mm

Range

s. TX, "two specimens of this flightless longhorn were swept from herbaceous vegetation at Welder Wildlife Refuge [Sinton, San Patricio Co., TX] in May, and numerous adults were beaten from Celtis, Condalia, and Clematis in the palm grove." - Map (1)(2)

Season

May-Dec (1)

Life Cycle

Adults are flightless (1)

Remarks

TYPE: One specimen taken in Brownsville, Texas by Prof. Wickham, in June. (Schaeffer 1908)

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, 20 figs. (1)

Schaeffer, C.F.A. 1908. List of the longicorn Coleoptera collected on the Museum expeditions to Brownsville, Texas and the Huachuca Mts., Arizona, with descriptions of new genera and species and notes on known species. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(12): 325-352. (Full Text)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 April, 2009 - 2:21pm
Last updated 20 March, 2019 - 2:07pm

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