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
Megacyllene robiniae
(Forster, 1771)
; Chlorophorini “locust borer”
Distribution:
NB to GA to NV to WA.
Kentucky
records of this abundant species are statewide (Map 099).
Kentucky
counties:
Allen (1), Barren (1), Bath (1), Bourbon (1), Boyd (2), Boyle (1), Breathitt (1), Calloway (1), Campbell (3), Carroll (1), Casey (1), Clark (2), Clinton (1), Fayette (156), Franklin (4), Garrard (1), Graves (1), Hardin (3), Harrison (1), Hart (2), Henderson (1), Henry (1), Hickman (3), Jefferson (75), Johnson (2), Kenton (2), Letcher (1), Lincoln (2), Madison (13), McCracken (1), Meade (2), Mercer (3),
Nelson
(1),
Oldham
(1), Pike (1), Powell (1), Rockcastle (1), Rowan (1), Scott (3), Shelby (3), Warren (5), Wayne (6), Woodford (4)
Years:
1889 (12), 1891 (8), 1892 (3), 1894 (1), 1902 (1), 1914 (99), 1915 (8), 1916 (5), 1919 (5), 1920 (1), 1921 (1), 1929 (2), 1931 (1), 1933 (3), 1934 (1), 1938 (1), 1940 (1), 1941 (2), 1948 (3), 1949 (2), 1951 (2), 1952 (2), 1957 (1), 1958 (2), 1961 (6), 1964 (4), 1965 (17), 1966 (3), 1968 (1), 1970 (2), 1971 (1), 1973 (2), 1974 (4), 1975 (16), 1977 (14), 1979 (7), 1980 (3), 1981 (7), 1982 (3), 1984 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2006 (1), 2009 (1), 2011 (7), 2014 (1), 2015 (3), 2016 (1), 2017 (3), 2018 (2), 2019 (3), 2020 (18), 2021 (16)
Months:
April (1), June (1), July (1), August (6), September (231), October (75), November (2)
Collections (171 records,
320 specimens
):
ABRC (5), AMBC (2), BG (3), CMNH (4), EGCCRC (2), UKIC (251), WKUC (10), XEUC (3), iNat (40)
Collection methods:
Flowers:
Solidago
(30),
Tagetes erecta
(1); dug out of
Robinia pseudoacacia
(3)
Larval host plants:
Living
Robinia pseudoacacia
(
Hopkins 1906
)
Adult flower hosts:
Solidago
Comments:
Adults can be found abundantly in the fall on goldenrod blossoms.
Methia tenuipes
(Haldeman, 1846)
;
Methiini
[new state record]
Taxonomic note:
This species was recently moved from
Tessaropa
to
Methia
(
Bezark & Santos-Silva 2019
)
.
Distribution:
PA to FL to eastern TX and KS.
Kentucky
specimens were collected in the central part of the state (
Interior Plateau
; Map 101).
Kentucky
counties:
Henry (1), Powell (2), Warren (1)
Years:
2011 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (2)
Months:
May (3), June (1)
Collections (3 records,
4 specimens
):
BG (1), EGCCRC (3)
Collection methods:
Blacklight (2)
Larval host plants:
Carya
,
Castanea dentata
,
Cercis canadensis
,
Fagus grandiflora
,
Juglans nigra
,
Prunus
and
Quercus
(
Linsley & Chemsak 1997
)
Comments:
Adults of this uncommonly collected species are attracted to lights.
Kentucky
specimens were collected with blacklights. Beating
Vitis
has also yielded specimens (
Lingafelter 2007
).