Dicerca mutica LeConte, 1860

Hansen, Jason A., Basham, Joshua P. & Nalepa, Christine A., 2021, New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher, Insecta Mundi 2021 (869), pp. 1-6 : 5-6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5042344

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C7B87A1-FF90-1235-FF0B-3BAEFE09FD40

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Carolina

scientific name

Dicerca mutica LeConte, 1860
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Dicerca mutica LeConte, 1860 View in CoL

TEXAS: McLennan Co., Harris Ck. Hike n Bike Path @ Old Loreana & Church Rds., 31.474449, −97.279180, 17.v.2013 (1♂), on Osage orange tree [ Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K. Schneid ], coll: J.A. Back. New adult host record.

nal sternite, emargination with broad, truncate tooth indicated. e) Convex prosternal process.

Dicerca mutica View in CoL is known from only six published specimens ranging from northeastern New York to Texas. The single female record from Texas ( Knull 1947) lacks specific locality data. The specimen reported here represents the only other record from Texas ( Fig. 3a–e View Figure 3 ). At 18 mm in length, it is much larger than previously reported males (15.3–16.0 mm), but still within the size range of the species (15.2–20.0 mm). Though no larval host is known, there is a report of an adult male found on Acer saccharum saccharum Marsh View in CoL in Missouri ( Nelson et al. 1981). The adult host record of M. pomifera View in CoL is intriguing given that A. saccharum View in CoL , previously the only adult host record, is not known from Texas, while M. pomifera View in CoL is widely distributed throughout Missouri, including the counties where D. mutica View in CoL has been collected previously. Other records from New York and Maryland also come from areas where M. pomifera View in CoL is present. Though it may be an incidental association, the possibility that M. pomifera View in CoL may serve as a larval host merits further investigation.

Dicerca mutica View in CoL most closely resembles D. lurida (Fabricius) View in CoL and related species but can be separated by the elytral apices being entire, produced slightly at suture, and by having the prosternal process convex (♂) to flat (♀) rather than concave.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Dicerca

Loc

Dicerca mutica LeConte, 1860

Hansen, Jason A., Basham, Joshua P. & Nalepa, Christine A. 2021
2021
Loc

A. saccharum

Marshall 1785
1785
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