Biology:Tetraopes

Short description: Genus of beetles

Tetraopes
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Subfamily:	Lamiinae
Tribe:	Tetraopini
Genus:	Tetraopes Dalman in Schönherr, 1817

Tetraopes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, tribe Tetraopini, 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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3519175 entry