The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction
Author
Chapman, Eric G.
Author
Richards, Austin B.
0000-0002-0920-8532
ichards@csuchico.edu
Author
Dupuis, Julian R.
0000-0002-6989-9179
upuis@uky.edu
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-01-18
5229
1
1
89
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1
1175-5326
7546352
CD98B371-D713-457E-A2D4-504F5AB0CAC5
Aegomorphus quadrigibbus
(Say, 1831)
; Acanthoderini
[new state record]
Distribution:
NY to south FL to eastern TX to KS, with records extending as far south as
Costa Rica
. Kentucky collections are nearly statewide (Map 005).
Kentucky
counties:
Anderson (1), Calloway (1), Campbell (13), Edmonson (1), Fayette (3), Henry (1), Hopkins (1), Jessamine (1), Laurel (2), Letcher (1), Madison (6), Mercer (1), Pulaski (1), Trigg (1), Warren (1)
Years:
1892 (1), 1971 (1), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (4), 2017 (15), 2018 (1), 2020 (3), 2021 (4)
Months:
May (1), June (14), July (17), August (3)
Collections (26 records,
35 specimens
):
ABRC
(1),
AMBC
(3), BG (2), EGCCRC (3),
JMLC
(2),
PDBC
(1),
UKIC
(2),
XEUC
(13), iNat (8)
Collection methods:
Blacklight (2); Malaise trap (5); panel trap baited with Ray lab blend (13), spondylidine lure (1), or fuscumol (1)
Larval host plants:
Acer
,
Annona muricata
,
Betula
,
Carya
,
Castanea
,
Cedrela mexicana
,
Cercis canadensis
,
Celtis
,
Fagus ferruginea
,
Ficus
,
Prosopis juliflora
,
Quercus
,
Tilia americana
and
Ulmus
(
Monné & Nearns 2022d
)
Chemical lures:
(
E
/
Z
)-fuscumol + acetate (
Hanks & Millar 2013
) (a component of the Ray lab lure blend)
Comments:
Attracted to lights. Can be collected from dead hardwood tree trunks.