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County Record Data from E.G. Riley, April 2006
Range: Eastern United States to Central and South Texas; Tamaulipas, Mexico (Hovore et al. 1987)
Adult Activity: March to October (Hovore et al. 1987)
Larval Hosts: Sapindus, Celtis, Prosopis, Acacia, Zanthoxylum (Hovore et al. 1987)
Notes: Members of this genus are ant mimics. Specimens average under 5 mm in length (Lingafelter & Horner, 1993)
Similar Species: There are over 50 species of Euderces (Monné & Hovore, 2005), 6 occur in the United States (Arnett et al. 2002)
Texas Taxa:
Euderces picipes occidentalis Linsley - Oklahoma & Texas
Euderces pini (Olivier) - Throughout the Atlantic Coast and Southern States
Euderces reichei LeConte
Weblinks:
Euderces picipes occidentalis Linsley - Florida State
Euderces pini (Olivier) - Florida State
Euderces r. reichei LeConte - Florida State
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 861 pp.
Giesbert, E.F. & J.A. Chemsak. 1997. A review of the genus Euderces LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae; Tillomorphini). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49: 211-286.
Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-334, 20 figs.
Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.
Linsley, E.G. 1940. Notes on Oncideres twig girdlers. J. Econ. Entomol., 33(3):561-563.
Linsey, E.G. 1964. The Cerambycidae of North America. Part V. Taxonomy and classification of the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribes Callichromatini through Ancylocerini. University of California Publications in Entomology 22: 1-197.
Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.
Vogt, B.G. 1949. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25(3):137-144; (4):175-184.
Yanega, D. 1996. Field guide to northeastern longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, 6:1-184.
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