Texas Beetle Information

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

Double-banded Bycid

Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont, 1838

Family Cerambycidae, Subfamily Cerambycinae, Tribe Trachyderini

Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., TX
October 07, 2004 (M Stangeland & K Davis)

Texas Sphaenothecus bivittata County Records

County Record Source: E.G. Riley, Sept. 2006

Range: California to Texas, south to Nicaragua

Adult Activity: January-November.

Larval Hosts:

Prosopis glandulosa - Mesquite
Rosa sp.

Similar Species: There are seven species of Sphaenothecus, but only two reach the United States:

Texas Taxa:

Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont

Sphaenothecus trilineatus Dupont - TX, south to Oaxaca, Mexico

Taxonomy:

Sphaenothecus Dupont, 1838
Taranomis Casey, 1912

References:

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.

Burke, H.R., J.A. Jackman, & M. Rose. 1994. Insects Associated with Woody Ornamental Plants. EEE - 00019. Texas A&M University, College Station. pp 1-166.

Chemsak, J.A., & F.A. Noguera. 1998. Review of the genus Sphaenothecus Dupont (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(1): 12-26.

Hovore, F.T., R.L. Penrose & R.W. Neck 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 44(13): 283-344, 20 figs.

Lingafelter, S.W. & N.V. Horner. 1993. The Cerambycidae of north-central Texas. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(2): 159-191.

Monné, M.A. & F.T. Hovore. 2005. Electronic Checklist of the Cerambycidae of the Western Hemisphere. 393 pp.