Moneilema armatum

{{short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Moneilema armatum P1470277a.jpg

| image_caption = Moneilema armatum, Cimarron County, Oklahoma

| genus = Moneilema

| species = armatum

| authority = LeConte, 1853

| synonyms = {{Species list

| Moneilema convexa | Casey, 1924

| Moneilema crassum | LeConte, 1853

| Moneilema femoralis | Casey, 1913

| Moneilema isolatum | Psota, 1930

| Moneilema laevigatum | Bland, 1862

| Moneilema obesa | Casey, 1924

| Moneilema punctatum | Psota, 1930

| Moneilema rector | Casey, 1913

| Moneilema rugosipennis | Fisher, 1928

| Moneilema simplicicornis | Casey, 1913

| Moneilema simplicicornis grylliceps | Casey, 1913

| Moneilema solida | Psota, 1930

| Moneilema walsenburgi | Casey, 1913

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Moneilema armatum is a species of flat-faced longhorn in the family of beetles known as Cerambycidae. It is found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The flightless beetles often feed on prickly pear cactus, boring into the stems and roots.

References

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{{Cite web| title=Moneilema armatum Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=702971

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2018-06-20

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{{Cite web| title=Moneilema armatum species details

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/67f5ec5567f0b6e896408cd8a4db5ffb

| website=Catalogue of Life

| accessdate=2018-06-20

}}

{{Cite web| title=Moneilema armatum

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1119592

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2018-06-20

}}

{{Cite web| title=Moneilema armatum Species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/160675

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-06-20

}}

{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2018-06-20

| title = A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World

| url = https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdefault.asp

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190719205301/https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/plant/bycidDB/wdefault.asp

| archive-date = 2019-07-19

| url-status = dead

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.

| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.

| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.

| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.

| date = 2002

| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 978-0849309540

}}

  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Klingeman | first1 = William E.

| last2 = Youssef | first2 = Nadeer N.

| last3 = Oliver | first3 = Jason B.

| last4 = Basham | first4 = Joshua P.

| date = 2017

| title = The longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Tennessee: distribution of species, seasonal adult activity, and new state records

| journal = Florida Entomologist

| volume = 100

| pages = 292–302

| doi = 10.1653/024.100.0226

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{Cite book

| last1 = LeConte | first1 = J.L.

| date = 1861

| title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America

| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732

| series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

| publisher = Smithsonian Institution

| volume = 3

| issue = 136

| isbn = 0665100558

| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459

| doi-access = free

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Monné | first1 = M. A.

| last2 = Bezark | first2 = L. G.

| date = 2013

| title = Checklist of the Oxypeltidae, Vesperidae, Disteniidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Western Hemisphere

| url = http://plant.cdfa.ca.gov/byciddb/checklists/WestHemiCerambycidae2013.pdf

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = White

| first1 = Richard E.

| date = 1998

| origyear = 1983

| title = A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides)

| publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

| isbn = 0395910897

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Yanega | first1 = Douglas

| date = 1996

| title = Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

| series = Illinois Natural History Survey

| isbn = 978-1882932016

}}

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