CERAMBYCIDAE, Latreille, 1802

Westcott, Richard L., Parsons, Gary L. & Johnson, Paul J., 2006, New records and other notes for Oregon Coleoptera, Zootaxa 1142 (1), pp. 1-33 : 9-10

CERAMBYCIDAE

Callidium texanum (Schaeffer) . Deschutes Co., Redmond, emerged 19­III­70, Juniperus occidentalis, J. M. Davidson, ODAC ; 1 mi SW Bend, 25­IV­77, on juniper (RLPC).

* Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius) . Marion Co., west Woodburn , reared from imported bamboo stake, emerged 21­IX­2000, S. Lewis; Multnomah Co., Portland, 1­IX­ 58, bamboo shades from Japan; VIII­68, ex bamboo stakes, both FPL .

Judolia scapularis (Van Dyke) . Jackson Co., I­5 near Calif. state line, 17­VI­80 (RLPC).

Liopinus alpha (Say) . Umatilla Co., 3 mi W Rieth, 6­VI­82, beaten from dead Rhus glabra (RLPC) .

** Megacyllene robiniae (Forster) . This longhorn beetle, commonly known as the locust borer, is a pest throughout much of the U.S., including Oregon ( DeAngelis and Hamm 1996); however, apparently there are no specific locality records published for that state. It appears to be an eastern U.S. species that has spread, either on its own or by introduction, to areas that have been planted with black locust (its host), which has naturalized over a wide area of the western U.S. Likely the beetle has been in Oregon many years: it has been observed in the Ontario area, Malheur Co., for well over a decade (Ben Simko, personal communication); and specimens collected in 1939 from Spokane, Washington, are in WSUC (Richard Zack, in litt.). Numerous specimens from Morrow and Umatilla counties (notably a large series reared from black locust, Hermiston, 12­VIII to 3­IX­93, D. S. Jackson, RLW) are in MSUC, ODAC, and OSAC. Adults have been collected on a wide variety of native and ornamental flowers. In addition, during recent years adults have been taken in Lindgren funnel traps (ODAPMS) in Union Co., Elgin and La Grande; and Wasco Co., The Dalles. One specimen from Hood River Co., Cascade Locks, 5­IX­94, on yellow composite, J. Rifkind (JNRC) represents the westernmost locality we know for this species.

Piodes coriacea LeConte. Malheur Co., Adrian , 23­V­72; Wasco Co., Warm Springs Indian Res., 29­VI­76, both KJG. Apparently the few published references to this species occurring in Oregon originated from the type locality, "Or". However , when LeConte (1850) described this beetle Oregon was not a state. His reference can refer only to the Oregon Territory .

Poliaenus obscurus ponderosae Linsley. Jackson Co. , Central Point, funnel trap baited with exotic Ips lure, 7­VIII­97, ODAPMS; Josephine Co., Grants Pass, 5­VIII­65, 20­ VIII­66, 1­IX­67, 9­IX­68, BLT, KJG; 11 mi N 10­IX­79, 5­IX­83, beating dead standing Pinus jeffreyi, RLW , (ODAC); same locality, 15­IX & 20­X­78, beating dead and dying pine branches on living trees, RLP (RLPC). The nominate subspecies is not known to occur in Oregon.

Tragosoma pilosicornis Casey. Josephine Co., Grants Pass , 15­VII­68, BLT, KJG. Based on this specimen, T. pilosicornis was "recorded" from Oregon only by a dot on a distribution map in Chemsak (1996).