Texas Beetle Information

Beetles of the Rio Grande Valley:

A Photographic Checklist for Southmost Texas

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn

ADEPHAGA - Ground and Water Beetles

Carabidae - Ground Beetles

• Cicindelinae - Tiger Beetles

Cicindela schauppii Horn

Tetracha carolina (Linnaeus)

Tetracha impressa (Chevrolat)

• Harpalinae

Chlaenius sp.

Cymindis sp.

Helluomorphoides sp.

Lebia atriventris Say

Lebia

Stenomorphus californicus Menetries

• Scaritinae 

Scarites sp.

Dytiscidae - Predacious Diving Beetles

POLYPHAGA

Hydrophiloidea - Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles

Hydrophilus sp.

Tropisternus collaris (Fabricius)

Staphylinoidea - Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles

Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles

• Aleocharinae

• Staphylininae

• Tachyporinae 

Coproporus sp.

Scarabaeoidea - Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles

Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles

• Cetoniinae - Fruit and Flower Chafers

Cotinis sp.

Euphoria kernii Haldeman

Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius)

Gymnetis caseyi Antoine

• Melolonthinae - May Beetles and June Bugs

Phyllophaga zavalana Reinhard

• Rutelinae - Shining Leaf Chafers

Anomala flavipennis Burmeister

• Scarabaeinae - Dung Beetles

Onthophagus gazella (Fabricius)

Scirtoidea - Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles

Scirtidae - Marsh Beetles

Ora sp.

Buprestoidea - Metallic Wood Boring Beetles

Buprestidae - Metallic Wood-boring Beetles

• Agrilinae

Agrilus bentseni Knull 1954

Agrilus neoprosopidus Knull

• Buprestinae

Chrysobothris purpureovittata Horn

• Polycestinae

Acmaeodera flavomarginata (Gray)

Acmaeodera haemorrhoa LeConte

Acmaeodera scalaris Mannerheim

Byrrhoidea - Pill, Water and Toe-winged Beetles

Elmidae - Riffle Beetles

Stenelmis sp.

Heteroceridae - Variegated Mud-loving Beetles

Tropicus sp.

Elateroidea - Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles

Elateridae - Click Beetles

• Agrypninae 

Alaus lusciosus Hope

• Elaterinae

Dipropus sp.

Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles

Belotus bicolor Brancucci

Chauliognathus marginatus Fabricius

Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte

Ditemnus freemani (Brown)

Bostrichoidea - Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles

Bostrichidae - Horned Powder-post Beetles

• Lyctinae - Powder-post Beetles

Trogoxylon sp.

Anobiidae - Death-watch and Spider Beetles

Ptininae - Spider Beetles

Ptinus sp.

Cleroidea - Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles

Trogossitidae - Bark-gnawing Beetles 

Temnoscheila sp.

Tenebroides sp.

Cleridae - Checkered Beetles

Cymatodera balteata (LeConte)

Hydnocerinae

Family Melyridae - Soft-winged Flower Beetles

Cucujoidea - Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles

Nitidulidae - Sap-feeding Beetles

Lobiopa insularis (Laporte)

Phalacridae - Shining Flower Beetles

Coccinellidae - Ladybird Beetles

Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant)

Tribe Scymnini

Family Corylophidae - Minute Hooded Beetles

Holopsis sp.

Tenebrionoidea - Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles

Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles

• Alleculinae - Comb-clawed Beetles

Lobopoda sp.

• Diaperinae

Gnathocerus sp.

•  Opatrinae

Oenopion zopheroides (Horn)

• Tenebrioninae

Helops farcta LeConte

Oedemeridae - False Blister Beetles

Oxacis sp.

Polypria cruxrufa Chevrolat

Meloidae - Blister Beetles

Epicauta nigritarsis LeConte

Epicauta albida (Say)

Pseudozonitis sp.

Pyrota insulata LeConte

Pyrota tenuicostatis Duges

Anthicidae - Antlike Flower Beetles

Vacusus vicinus Laferte

Scraptiidae - False Flower Beetles

Anaspis sp.

Chrysomeloidea - Long-horned and Leaf Beetles

Cerambycidae - Longhorned Beetles

• Prioninae

Mallodon dasystomus (Say)

• Cerambycinae 

Agallissus lepturoides (Chevrolat)

Eburia ovicollis LeConte

Eburia mutica LeConte

Enaphalodes taeniatus (LeConte)

Geropa concolor (LeConte)

Gnaphalodes trachyderoides Thomson

Heterachthes nobilis LeConte

Lissonotus flavocinctus puncticollis Bates

Malacopterus tenellus  (Fabricius)

Neoclytus mucronatus vogti Linsley

Placosternus difficilis (Chevrolat)

Plionoma suturalis  (LeConte)

Plinthocoelium schwarzi (Fisher)

Sphaenothecus bivittata Dupont

Stenosphenus dolosus Horn

• Lamiinae - Flat-Faced Longhorns

Hippopsis lemniscata (Fabricius)

• Lepturinae - Flower Longhorns

Stenelytrana gigas (LeConte)

Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles

• Bruchinae - Pea and Bean Weevils

Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver

Merobruchus major Fall

• Cassidinae - Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines

Coptocycla texana (Schaeffer)

Physonota alutacea Boheman

• Cryptocephalinae - The Casebearers

Anomoea rufifrons Lacordaire

Coscinoptera aeneipennis (LeConte)

Pachybrachis pusillus Bowditch

• Chrysomelinae

Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby)

• Eumolpinae 

Myochrous sp.

• Galerucinae - Skeletonizing leaf beetles

Alticini - Flea Beetles

Asphaera lustrans (Crotch)

Disonycha leptolineata Blatchley

Curculionoidea - Snout and Bark Beetles

Curculionidae - Snout and Bark Beetles 

• Baridinae

Catapastus squamirostris Casey

• Cryptorhynchinae

Apteromechus texanus Fall

• Entiminae - Broad-nosed Weevils

Compsus auricephalus (Say)

• Dryophthorinae 

Rhynchophorus cruentatus Fabricius

• Platypodinae - Pinhole Bark Borers

See also, List of Beetles of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Rio Grande Valley Beetle Bibliography

Allen, R. T. 1972. A revision of the genus Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in North America. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 46(1): 1-184.

Allen, R. T. and G. E. Ball. 1980. Synopsis of Mexican taxa of the Loxandrus series (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 481-576.

Anderson, R. S.  2002. Curculionidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 722-815, in Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.). American Beetles. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2. CRC Press. xiv + 1-861. 

Ball, G. E. and Y. Bousquet. 2001. Carabidae Latreille, 1810, pp. 32-132, in Arnett, R. H. and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American Beetles. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. Volume 1. CRC Press. xv + 1-443. 

Blake, D. H. 1933. Revision of the beetles of the genus Disonycha occurring in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(28): 1-66, pls.1-8. 

Blake, D. H. 1951. New species of chrysomelid beetles of the genera Trirhabda and Disonycha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41(10): 324-328. 

Blake, D. H. 1955. Revision of the vittate species of the chrysomelid beetle genus Disonycha from the Americas south of the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104(3338): 1-86.

Carlow T. A. 1997. A faunal survey and zoogeographic analysis of the Curculionidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Anthribidae, Platypodinae, and Scolytinae) of the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. unpublished thesis, Texas A&M University. xi + 274. 

Chemsak, J. A. 1998. Review of the genus Sphaenothecus DuPont (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(1): 12-26. 

Clark, S. M., D. G. LeDoux, T. N. Seeno, E. G. Riley, A. J. Gilbert, and J. M. Sullivan. 2004. Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication no. 2, 476 pp.

Clark, W. E. 1982. Classification of the weevil tribe Lignyodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tychiinae), with revision of the genus Plocetes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 108: 11-151. 

Fall, H. C. 1905. Revision of the Ptinidae of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 31: 97-296, pl. vii. 

Fall, H. C. 1915. A revision of the North American species of Pachybrachys. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 41: 291-486. 

Fisher, W. S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of Buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin 45: 347 pp. 

Giesbert, E. F. 1998. A review of the genus Desmiphora Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Desmiphorini) in North America, Mexico, and Central America. Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum 2(1): 27-43. 

Gordon, R. D. 1976. The Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the United States and Canada: key to genera and revision of Scymnus, Nephus and Diomus. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural History 28: [4] + 1-362 pp. 

Gordon, R. D. 1985. The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(1): [4] + 912 pp. 

Heffern, D. J. and R. M. Brattain. 1991. First United States record for Anachastus augusti (Candèze) (Coleoptera: Elateridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 192

Hovore, F .T. 1980. A new genus and species of Cerambycidae from southern Texas (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 34(1): 115-119.

Hovore, F. T. and W. H. Tyson. 1983. A new species of Lepturges from southern Texas (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 37(4): 349-352.

Hovore, F. T., R. L. Penrose, and R. W. Neck. 1987. The Cerambycidae, or longhorned beetles, of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(13): 283-334. 

Howden, H. F. 1966. Notes on the Canthonini of the “Biologia Centrali-Americana” and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 725-741. 

Howden, H. F. and O. L. Cartwright. 1963. Scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114(no.3467): 1-135. 

Karren, J. B. 1972. A revision of the subfamily Chlamisinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 49: 875-988. 

Kissinger, D. G. 1968. Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America. Taxonomic Publications, South Lancaster, Massachusetts. vii + 559. 

Lawrence, J. F. and P. Vaurie. 1983. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Family Languriidae. United States Department of Agriculture Handbook 529-92: 12 pp. 

LeConte, J. L. 1859. Descriptions of some genera and species of Coleoptera from the vicinity of the southern boundary of the United States of America. Arcana Naturae 1: 121-128.

Linsley, E. G. and J. O. Martin. 1933. Notes on some longicorns from subtropical Texas. Entomol. News, 44: 178-183.

Linell, M. L. 1898. New species of Coleoptera of the family Chrysomelidae, with a short review of the tribe Chlamydini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 20(1133): 473-485 [1897].

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Parsons, C. T. 1975. Revision of the Nearctic Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(2): 93-108.

Riley, E. G. and E. U. Balsbaugh.  1988. Two Middle American leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) newly recorded from the United States. Entomological News 99(3): 148-152.

Riley, E. G., S. M. Clark, R. W. Flowers, and A. J. Gilbert. 2002. Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 617-691, in Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.). American Beetles. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Volume 2. CRC Press. xiv + 1-861. 

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Schaeffer, C. 1905. Some additional new genera and species of Coleoptera found within the limit of the United States. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(7): 141-179.

Schaeffer, C.  1906a. New Anthribidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32: 267-278.

Schaeffer, C. 1906b. On new and known genera and species of the family Chrysomelidae. Brooklyn Institute Museum Science Bulletin 1(9): 221-253.

Schaeffer, C. 1906c. New Dascyllidae. Psyche 13: 114-116.

Schaeffer, C. 1908. List of the longicorn Coleoptera collected on the museum expeditions to Brownsville, Texas, and the Huachuca Mts., Arizona, with descriptions of new genera and species and notes on known species. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin 1(12): 325-352. 

Schaeffer, C. 1910. New clavicorn Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 26:210-216.

Schaeffer, C. 1915. New Coleoptera and miscellaneous notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 23: 47-55. 

Schaeffer, C. 1916. New species of the family Elateridae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 24: 256-257.
 
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Triplehorn, C. A. 1968. A synopsis of the genus Talanus Jacquelin du Val in America north of Mexico, with descriptions of two new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 22: 33-39.
 
Triplehorn, C. A. and T. J. Spilman. 1973. A review of Strongylium of America north of Mexico, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 99: 1-27.
 
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White, R. E. 1967. The Tricorynus of Mexico (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 93: 1-40. 

White, R. E. 1981. Three new species of Anobiidae from southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 83(3): 472-278.
 
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Whitehead, D. R. 1979. Notes on Apteromechus Faust of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 230-233. 

Wickham, H.F. 1897. The Coleoptera of the lower Rio Grande valley. Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. Univ. Iowa. 4: 96-115.

Wickham, H.F. 1898. Recollections of old collecting grounds, III, the lower Rio Grande valley (cont.). Entomological News 9: 39-41.

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