Prionus laticollis (Drury, 1773)

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 : 73

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E6F5F56-FFE3-FFFE-CCCF-FCB9FDE130D4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Prionus laticollis (Drury, 1773)
status

 

Prionus laticollis (Drury, 1773) View in CoL View at ENA ; Prionini “broad necked root borer”

Distribution: ME to FL to LA to eastern SD. Kentucky records are nearly statewide, but most are in the eastern half of the state (Map 149).

Kentucky counties: Barren (1), Bell (2), Campbell (4), Edmonson (2), Fayette (20), Garrard (1), Jefferson (1), Kenton (3), Laurel (1), Lee (3), Letcher (2), Madison (6), Marshall (3), McCreary (1), Mercer (2), Morgan (1), Powell (3), Pulaski (2), Russell (1), Wayne (2), Whitley (1)

Years: 1895 (1), 1903 (1), 1904 (1), 1905 (1), 1907 (1), 1908 (1), 1926 (1), 1928 (1), 1934 (2), 1941 (1), 1945 (4), 1946 (1), 1955 (1), 1960 (1), 1964 (1), 1966 (1), 1970 (3), 1975 (1), 1979 (1), 1983 (2), 2008 (2), 2009 (1), 2012 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (1), 2016 (3), 2017 (4), 2018 (2), 2019 (5), 2020 (5), 2021 (9)

Months: May (1), June (15), July (45), nr (1)

Collections (55 records, 62 specimens): ABRC (1), AMBC (3), BG (2), EGCCRC (2), PDBC (1), UKIC (26), WKUC (1), XEUC (3), iNat (23)

Collection methods: Blacklight (9); Malaise trap (1); sugar (1); panel trap baited with prionic acid (3)

Larval host plants: Feeds in living roots of Carya illinoinensis , Castanea , Malus , Populus , Quercus , Tilia ( Lingafelter 2007) and Kalmia latifolia ( Monné & Nearns 2022a)

Chemical lures: Males are attracted to the female-produced pheromone (3 R,5 S)-3,5-dimethyldodecanoic acid ( Barbour et al. 2011).

Comments: Attracted to lights.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Prionus

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