Moneilema armatum
| Moneilema armatum | |
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| Moneilema armatum, Cimarron County, Oklahoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Genus: | Moneilema |
| Species: | M. armatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Moneilema armatum LeConte, 1853
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Moneilema armatum is a species of flat-faced longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The flightless beetles often feed on prickly pear cactus, boring into the stems and roots.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Moneilema armatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Moneilema armatum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Moneilema armatum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "Moneilema armatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Klingeman, William E.; Youssef, Nadeer N.; Oliver, Jason B.; Basham, Joshua P. (2017). "The longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Tennessee: distribution of species, seasonal adult activity, and new state records". Florida Entomologist. 100: 292–302. doi:10.1653/024.100.0226.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Monné, M. A.; Bezark, L. G. (2013). Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere (PDF).
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
- Yanega, Douglas (1996). Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Illinois Natural History Survey. ISBN 978-1882932016.
External links[edit]
Media related to Moneilema armatum at Wikimedia Commons
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