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Elaphidion irroratum Linnaeus

Description

Elaphidion irroratum (Linnaeus)

(Fig. 15)

Cerambyx irroratus Linnaeus, 1767: 633.

Elaphidion irroratum: Linsley, 1963: 83. Zayas, 1975: 90. Villiers, 1980: 285. Browne et al., 1993: 45. Lingafelter and Micheli, 2004: 50. Chalumeau and Touroult, 2005: 97. Valentine & Ivie 2005:280. [For more complete synonymy, see Linsley, 1963 and Villiers, 1980.]

DIAGNOSIS: The distinct white setose patches on a dark brown background will distinguish this species from other Elaphidion in the region. It is also rather large (11–30 mm), and has unispinose antennae.

DISTRIBUTION: North America; Bahama Islands (North Bimini, South Bimini, Andros, Mayaguana [WIBF], Fortuna [WIBF], Crooked [WIBF], Acklins [WIBF], Great Exuma [WIBF], New Providence, Eleuthra, Cat, Long, and Nurse and Buena Vista Cays [Rugged Island Group] [WIBF]); Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas [WIBF], St. John [WIBF], Tortola [WIBF], Guana; Great Camanoe [WIBF], Anegada [WIBF], St. Croix [WIBF], Buck Is. [WIBF], St. Barthelémy, St. Martin, St. Christopher, Guadeloupe (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre), Curaçao, Bonaire. Chalumeau and Touroult (2004) have begun the process of describing the different island variants of this species as subspecies, placing the Puerto Rican and Virgin Islands populations under the name E. irroratum debieni Chalumeau and Touroult.

BIOLOGY: This species was reared from a dead log of Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. at Ponce in 1939 (Martorell 1976). Chalumeau and Touroult (2005) list hosts of Spondias purpurea L., Rhizophora mangle L., Hippomane mancinella L., Haematoxylon campechianum L., and Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn.

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Published as part of Ivie, Michael A. & Schwengel-Regala, Michelle L., 2007, The Elaphidion Audinet-Serville of the Puerto Rican Bank: new species, distributions, taxonomic corrections, and a key to species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini), pp. 55-68 in Zootaxa 1503 on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177141

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Biodiversity

Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Elaphidion
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
irroratum
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1767) Systema naturae, Tome I,. Pars II, editio duodecima reformata. Holmiae, 533 - 1327 pp.
  • Linsley, E. G. (1963) The Cerambycidae of North America. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Elaphidionini through Rhinotragini. University of California Publications in Entomology, 21, 1 - 165.
  • Zayas, F. de. 1975 Revisin de la familia Cerambycidae. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologa, La Habana, Cuba, 443 pp.
  • Villiers, A. (1980) Coloptres Cerambycidae des Antilles francaises, II. Cerambycinae. Annales de la Socit Entomologique de France, (N. S.) 16, 265 - 306.
  • Browne, D. J., Peck, S. B., & Ivie, M. A. (1993) Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) of Bahama Islands, with an analysis of species-area relationships, distribution patterns, origin of the fauna and annotated species list. Tropical Zoology, 6, 27 - 53.
  • Lingafelter, S. W. & Micheli, C. J. (2004) New Species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Puerto Rico with records and notes for other species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 112, 37 - 55.
  • Chalumeau, F. & Touroult, J. (2005) Le Longicornes des Petites Antilles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Taxonomie, Ethologie, Biogeographie. Pensoft Series Faunistica 51: 241.
  • Valentine, B. D. & Ivie, M. A. (2005) Beetles: Coleoptera. In J. Lazell, Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 274 - 282..
  • Chalumeau, F. & Touroult, J. (2004) Nouveaux Elaphidiini des Petites Antilles et notes diverses (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Lambillionea, 104, 751 - 755.
  • Martorell, L. F. (1976) Annotated food plant catalog of the insects of Puerto Rico. Agricultrual Experiment Station, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez, 303 pp.