Anelaphus piceus
Creators: name: Lingafelter, Steven W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Anelaphus
Anelaphus piceus

description: Anelaphus piceus (Chemsak)
(Fig. 2d, 3 e–h, 4c–d)
Peranoplium piceus Chemsak 1962: 111.
Discussion. This species was originally recorded from southeastern Arizona by Chemsak (1962). Rice, et al.
(1985) documented it from Texas and New Mexico and confirmed the larval host of Acacia. Bezark (2019) records this species from California and Jalisco, Mexico. Monné and Nearns (2020) record it from Morelos and Sonora, Mexico. Additional localities from Arizona, Texas, Utah (new state record) and Sonora, Mexico are recorded.
Material examined. Mexico: Sonora: Granados, 29.857222°N, 109.311667°W, 570m, March 30, 2012, T. R. Van Devender (7, ASUC); Sonora, vicinity of Cajon Bonito, 22–25 May 2017, F. W. Skillman, Jr. (2, FWSC); Sonora, vicinity of Moctezuma, 21 April 2017, MV/UV lights, S. Lee (1, ASUC, 10, FWSC); USA: Arizona: Cochise Co., San Bernardino Wildlife Refuge, Minckley Ponds, 1141m, 31°20.602 ′ N, 109°15.852 ′ W; 13 June 2018, MV/ UV lights, S. W. Lingafelter (3, SWLC); Cochise Co., Bisbee, 1429 Franklin St., 31°24 ′ 23.8 ″ N, 109°55 ′ 57.6 ″ W, 5200 ′, 4–17 April 2013, Malaise trap, Arnold S. Menke (1, SWLC); Cochise Co., East Charleston Road on east side of San Pedro River bridge, 31°37.557 ′ N, 110°10.422 ′ W, 1215m, 23 May 2020, S. W. Lingafelter (1, SWLC); Cochise Co., Cochise Stronghold, 20 May 2015, F. W. Skillman, Jr. (1 FWSC); Cochise Co., 7 mi. W. Sunsites, 12–20 June 1997, 25 June 2015, 15–18 May 1998, at light, F. W. Skillmann, Jr. (7, FWSC); Cochise Co., Hereford, 8920 S. Bryerly Court, N31°24 ′ 14 ″, W110°13 ′ 52 ″, 1500m, 11 June 2019, MV/UV lights, 6 May 2020, S. W. Lingafelter (1, SWLC); Maricopa Co., Phoenix, South Mountain Park, 20 August 1971, J. E. Wappes (1, JEWC); Pima Co., Picture Rocks, 665 m, 32°21.402 ′ N, 111°12.289 ′ W, 21 March 2013 & 15 April 2010, at lights, Margarethe Brummermann (2, SWLC); Pima Co., Madera Canyon, 7–11 July 1973, J. E. Wappes (1, JEWC); Pima Co., 17 mi. E. Sells, 13 May 1964, at light, G. H. Nelson (1, JEWC); Pima Co., Box Canyon, 4395 ′, 31°47.881 ′ N, 110°47.996 ′ W, 4 April 2007 (3, ASUC); Pima Co., Tucson Mountain Park, at light, 11 April 1989, F. W. Skillman, Jr. (2, FWSC); Pima Co., Tucson Mountains, Gates Pass, extracted from pupal cells of Encella farinosa, 24 February 1980, Cicero (1 FWSC); Pima Co., Madera Canyon, 26 July 1990, D. Ahart (1, FWSC); Pima Co., Redington Road just NE of Tanque, Verde Falls trailhead 980m, 32°15.363 ′ N, 110°39.746 ′ W, 29 April 2020, S. W. Lingafelter, beating Prosopis at night (2, SWLC); Pima Co., Redington Road just NE of Tanque, Verde Falls trailhead 980m, 32°15.363 ′ N, 110°39.746 ′ W, 29 April 2020, S. W. Lingafelter, MV/UV lights (2, SWLC); Pima Co., Redington Road just NE of Tanque Verde Falls trailhead, 980m, 32°15.363 ′ N, 110°39.746 ′ W, 28 April 2018, on Prosopis sp., N.E. Woodley (1, SWLC); Pinal Co., Tom Mix Memorial, Highway 79, 27.5 km SE of Florence 720m, 32°49.294 ′ N, 111°12.274 ′ W, 25 April 2020, MV/UV lights, S. W. Lingafelter (3, SWLC); Santa Cruz Co., Nogales, Lindgren Trap, April–May 2012 (4, Nogales Mariposa Port Insect Collection); Santa Cruz Co., Mt. Hopkins Road Km 1 past, Whipple Observatory, 1320m, 31°40.327 ′ N, 110°56.466 ′ W, 26 May 2020, S. W. Lingafelter (2, SWLC); Santa Cruz Co., Rio Rico, 1053 m, 31.468040, -110.974227, MV/UV lights, 8 March 2017 & 14 April 2017, S. Vitanza (2, SWLC); Santa Cruz Co., Rio Rico, 1216 Juan Legarra, 1085m, 31°28 ′ 51 ″ N, 110°57 ′ 58 ″ W, UV lights, 6–14 April 2016 & 10 May 2016, S. W. Lingafelter (3, SWLC); Santa Cruz Co., Peña Blanca Canyon, 31°23.22 ′ N, 111°05.58 ′ W, 1195 m, 13 June 2019, MV/UV lights, S.W. Lingafelter (1, SWLC); Santa Cruz Co., Puerto Canyon, 1000m, 31°37.8 ′ N, 111°03.8 ′ W, at light, 8 July 2018, Margarethe Brummermann (1, SWLC); Texas: Brewster Co., Big Bend National Park, Oak Spring, 4000 ′, 8 May 1959, light, Howden and Becker (1, SWLC); Brewster Co., Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Road 2827 18 miles SE US 385, 2330 ′, 29°34 ′ N, 103°57 ′ W, 9 May 2015, Wappes & Skillman (3, JEWC); Brewster Co., Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Rd. 2827 18 miles SE US 385, 2330 ′, 29°34 ′ N, 103°57 ′ W, 9 May 2015, Skillman & Wappes (25, FWSC); Brewster Co., Terlingua Ranch, Ament Lake, 3480 ′, 29°27 ′ N, 103°29 ′ W, 17–18 April 2015, MV/UV light, Wappes & Skillman (6, JEWC); Brewster Co., Terlingua Ranch, Ament Lake, 3480 ′, 29°27 ′ N, 103°29 ′ W, 16–18 April 2015, 8 May 2015, MV/UV light, Skillman & Wappes (33, FWSC); Utah: Kane Co., Coral Pink Sands State Park, 11 July 2016, F. W. & S. A. Skillman (1, FWSC).
description: Published as part of Lingafelter, Steven W., 2020, Review of species of Anelaphus Linsley and its new synonym Gymnopsyra Linsley from the United States and Canada with description of a new species, synonymies, distributional notes and an illustrated identification key (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini), pp. 1-30 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (798) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4565200