Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798)

Chapman, Eric G., Richards, Austin B. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2023, The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Kentucky with notes on larval hosts, adult nectar use, and semiochemical attraction, Zootaxa 5229 (1), pp. 1-89 : 26-27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5229.1.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E6F5F56-FFB2-FFAC-CCCF-F847FD2334E0

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scientific name

Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798)
status

 

Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius, 1798) View in CoL View at ENA ; Trachyderini

Distribution: NB to SC to eastern OK to southern MB. Kentucky specimens are from the eastern half of the state (Map 156).

Kentucky counties: Bell (1), Fayette (2), Laurel (2), Madison (6)

Years: 1901 (1), 1959 (2), 2012 (2), 2013 (4), 2014 (1), 2015 (1)

Months: June (7), July (4)

Collections (10 records, 11 specimens): ABRC (4), EGCCRC (4), PMNH (2), UKIC (1)

Collection methods: Sugar trap (6); BugVac (1)

Larval host plants: Acer spp. , Alnus spp. , Betula , Carya spp ., Castanea dentata , Cercis canadensis , Morus rubra , Quercus spp. , Robinia pseudoacacia, ( Monné & Nearns 2022c)

Comments: Attracted to fermenting sugar traps.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Purpuricenus

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