Piezocera serraticollis Linell.

Heffern, Daniel J., Vlasak, Josef & Alten, Ronald L., 2018, Larval Host Plant Records, Distributional Records, and Biological Information on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 739-750 : 745-746

Piezocera serraticollis Linell. New larval host

records.

A specimen was reared from a branch of V. farnesiana that had been girdled by Oncideres pustulatus LeConte from TX: Cameron Co., Palmito Hill along Hwy 4 (JAGC). DJH reared a specimen from a small, dead branch of Fraxinus berlandierana DC. from TX: Hidalgo Co., Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Generally, this species is uncommon. However, on one occasion, DJH collected numerous specimens by beating the foliage of blooming P. aculeata from Cameron Co., Sabal Palm Sanctuary.

Pilostenaspis lateralis (LeConte) .

Since the original description, the only new data for this species were published by Eya (2015). Additional notes and clarifications are given concerning the specimens he reported upon. The first specimen known to have been collected since its description in 1884 was collected from TX: Pecos Co., 28 mi. SW Fort Stockton, 13-IV-1997, E. G.

Riley (collected in flight) (EGRC). Subsequently, a larva found in a stem of Quercus mohriana Buckley (Mohr’ s oak is a dwarf species) from the same locality as Riley’ s specimen was collected on 27-IV- 1997 by DJH and transformed into an adult in early October of that year. The larva collected in April was already nearly full-size and finished development, indoors, in a stem 1 cm in diameter and 10 cm in length. Pilostenaspis lateralis overwinters as an adult, as numerous specimens were collected at the Pecos Co. site in the winter of 2017–2018 by numerous collectors. The records given by Eya (2015) are all from the same locality and are all for adults removed from their pupal cells from November 1998 through March 1998. The September 1997 records of specimens collected by J. Beierl, published by Eya (2015), are incorrect and should read 28 November 1997 (R. Cunningham, personal communication, based on a ledger belonging to the late J. Beierl). Other new Texas records for this species are Bandera Co., Lost Maples State Natural Area, 13/ 27- III-1999, R. Wharton, Malaise trap (TAMU) and Brown Co., Camp Bowie, 6.6 km SE Brownwood, 10-III-2008, J. C. Abbott, Malaise trap (UTIC).