Tetraopes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Tetraopini
Genus: Tetraopes
Species: T. annulatus – T. basalis – T. discoideus – T. femoratus – T. linsleyi – T. mandibularis – T. melanurus – T. pilosus – T. quinquemaculatus – T. sublaevis – T. tetrophthalmus – T. texanus – T. thermophilus
Name

Tetraopes Dalman in Schönherr, 1817
References

North American Tetraopes spp.

Tetraopes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribe Tetraopini,[1] containing the following species:

Tetraopes annulatus LeConte, 1847
Tetraopes basalis LeConte, 1852
Tetraopes batesi Chemsak, 1963
Tetraopes cleroides Thomson, 1860
Tetraopes comes Bates, 1881
Tetraopes crassus Chemsak & Noguera, 2004
Tetraopes crinitus Chemsak & Noguera, 2004
Tetraopes discoideus LeConte, 1858
Tetraopes elegans Horn, 1894
Tetraopes femoratus LeConte, 1847
Tetraopes huetheri Skillman, 2007
Tetraopes ineditus Chemsak & Giesbert, 1986
Tetraopes linsleyi Chemsak, 1963
Tetraopes mandibularis Chemsak, 1963
Tetraopes melanurus Schoenherr, 1817
Tetraopes paracomes Chemsak, 1963
Tetraopes pilosus Chemsak, 1963
Tetraopes quinquemaculatus Haldeman, 1847
Tetraopes skillmani Chemsak & Noguera, 2004
Tetraopes subfasciatus Bates, 1881
Tetraopes sublaevis Casey, 1913
Tetraopes termophilus Chevrolat, 1861
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Forster, 1771) - Red Milkweed Beetle
Tetraopes texanus Horn, 1878
Tetraopes thermophilus Chevrolat, 1861
Tetraopes thoreyi Bates, 1881
Tetraopes umbonatus LeConte, 1852
Tetraopes varicornis Laporte, 1840

Extinct species

†Tetraopes submersus (Cockerell, 1908)

Some species and their host plants

T. annulatus: …........A. sullivantii, A. subverticillata, A. speciosa, A. tuberosa, A. verticillata, A. viridiflorus.
T. basalis: …...........A. eriocarpa, A. fascicularis, A. speciosa
T. discoideus: …........A. auriculata, A. curassavica, A. glaucescens, A. linaria, A. subverticillata, A. verticillata
T. femoratus: …........A. fascicularis, A. hallii, A. hirtella, A. lemmonii, A. meadii, A. speciosa, A. syriaca, A. viridis
T. huetheri: …..........A. verticillata
T. linsleyi: …..........A. linaria
T. mandibularis: …......A. latifolia
T. melanurus: …........A. capricornis asperula, A. linaris, A. subverticillata, A. tuberosa
T. paracomes: ........Matelea quirosii
T. pilosus: …...........A. arenaria, A. tuberosa
T. quadrimaculatus: …......A. syriaca
T. quinquemaculatus: ......A. amplexicaulis, A. hirtella
T. sublaevis: …..........A. erosa
T. tetrophthalmus: …......A. syriaca
T. texanus: …............A. hirtella, A. viridiflora, A. viridis[2]

References

Biolib.cz - Tetraopes. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
Bugguide.net Genus Tetraopes - Milkweed Longhorns. Food plants