Moneilema armatum

Moneilema armatum
Moneilema armatum, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Moneilema
Species:	M. armatum
Binomial name
Moneilema armatum LeConte, 1853
Synonyms [1]
Moneilema convexa Casey, 1924 Moneilema crassum LeConte, 1853 Moneilema femoralis Casey, 1913 Moneilema isolatum Psota, 1930 Moneilema laevigatum Bland, 1862 Moneilema obesa Casey, 1924 Moneilema punctatum Psota, 1930 Moneilema rector Casey, 1913 Moneilema rugosipennis Fisher, 1928 Moneilema simplicicornis Casey, 1913 Moneilema simplicicornis grylliceps Casey, 1913 Moneilema solida Psota, 1930 Moneilema walsenburgi Casey, 1913

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

1. "Moneilema armatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
2. "Moneilema armatum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
3. "Moneilema armatum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
4. "Moneilema armatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
5. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World". Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

Further reading

• 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

• Media related to Moneilema armatum at Wikimedia Commons