Brachys ovatus (Weber, 1801)

Carlton, Christopher E., MacRae, Ted C., Tishechkin, Alexey K., Bayless, Victoria L. & Johnson, Wood, 2018, Annotated Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Louisiana, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (2), pp. 351-367 : 364

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.351

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466435

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03868799-FF87-FFBA-FF2B-FB1DFEAA33EF

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scientific name

Brachys ovatus (Weber, 1801)
status

 

98. Brachys ovatus (Weber, 1801) View in CoL

Parish records (n = 84): Assumption, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Plaquemines, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vernon, Webster, and West Feliciana Parishes (FSCA, LSAM, MEM, TAMU, USNM).

Potential larval hosts in Louisiana: Quercus incana W. Bartram and Quercus rubra . Adults reported also on Quercus alba , Quercus falcata , Quercus imbricaria , Quercus laevis Walt. , Quercus marilandica , Quercus shumardii , Quercus stellata , and Quercus velutina .

Collection date range: 20 March–14 October, mostly during April (n = 42) and May (n = 17).

Comments: Collected by hand, sweeping, using boll weevil pheromone, flight intercept, Leggett, Malaise traps, and as C. fumipennis prey.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Brachys

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