Megacyllene decora (Olivier, 1800)

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 : 19

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CD98B371-D713-457E-A2D4-504F5AB0CAC5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7546360

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E6F5F56-FFB9-FFA4-CCCF-FCB8FE6D3024

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Megacyllene decora (Olivier, 1800)
status

 

Megacyllene decora (Olivier, 1800) View in CoL ; Chlorophorini [new state record]

Distribution: Southern OH to OK to MN. Kentucky collections were from sites on the shores of the Ohio River ( Interior Plateau and Mississippi Alluvial Plain; Map 098).

Kentucky counties: Carroll (1), Fulton (2)

Years: 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2021 (1)

Months: September (3)

Collections (3 records, 3 specimens): CMNH (2), iNat (1)

Collection methods: nr

Larval host plants: Amorpha fruticosa ( Rice 1989)

Adult flower hosts: Eutrochium and Solidago ( Bousquet et al. 2017)

Comments: Its larval host plant is a shrub that grows on the banks and islands of larger rivers. Based on collections made by EGC in Ohio, it would not be surprising if this species occurs sporadically along the Ohio River in Kentucky wherever A. fruticosa grows and adults should be present on flowers (especially Solidago ) in September and October.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Megacyllene

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