Encyclops Newman, 1838
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: LepturinaeTribe: Encyclopini
Media
SUMMARY
Encyclops Newman, 1838
A single species, E. californicus (Van Dyke, 1920) is thought to occur in the Pacific Northwest. However this record is based on the existence of a single museum specimen taken in central Oregon in 1972 (see species page for more detail).
World Distribution
The genus consists of 10 species worldwide. Two of these are endemic to North America, including the type, caeruleus (Say, 1826), and californicus (Van Dyke, 1920). The eight Palaearctic species are concinna Holzschuh, 1991, hubeiensis Ohbayashi & Wang, 2004, luteoscelis Chou & Ohbayashi, 2010, macilenta (Kraatz, 1879), olivacea Bates, 1884, ussuricus Cherepanov & Cherepanova, 1975, viridipennis Makihara, 1978, and x-signata Chiang, 1981.
Above. Encyclops californicus Van Dyke. The specimen in the above photo was mentioned in Penrose and Westcott (1974) as representing a new range extension for the species (block quote below). As of July 2013 it remains the only specimen of E. californicus at OSAC.
"Linsley and Chemsak (1972) listed the distribution of this lepturine as "coastal northern California". This may now be expanded to include west-central Oregon based on a single specimen present in the Oregon State University Collection. Collection data are as follows: Lane Co., Blue River, H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, mid-age Douglas-fir stand, 10-VII-1972, IBP Biome Survey, beating Tsuga." (Penrose and Westcott, 1974)
Works Cited
- Linsley, E. G., and J. A. Chemsak. 1972. Cerambycidae of North America. Part VI. No. 1. Taxonomy and Classification of the Subfamily Lepturinae. University of California Publications in Entomology 69, xiii+138 pp, 2 pl.
- Newman, E. 1838. Entomological notes. Entomol. Mag., 5: 168-182; 372-402; 483-500, 3 figs.
- Penrose, R. L. and Richard L. Westcott. 1974. Notes on the Distribution, Hosts and Bionomics of Some Pacific Northwest Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Dec.), pp. 233-236.
- Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 5(2):237-284.
- Van Dyke, E. C. 1920. Description of new species of Cerambycidae from the Pacific coast of North America, with notes concerning others. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc., 15(2-3):33-48.