Vol. 90. No. 5. November-December. 1979 219 NOTES ON CERAMBYCIDAE FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. (COLEOPTERA) 1 Robert H. Turnbow, Jr.', Frank T. Hovore' ABSTRACT: New larval host plants, distributional, ecological and laxonomic records are presented for 36 species and subspecies of Cerambycidae from the southeastern U.S. Derancislms rugosus (Gahan) and Eburia cinereopilosa Fisher are recorded from the U.S. for the first time, and new state records for Tyloiwtus masoni (Knull). Euderces picipes occidentalis Linsley and Zaploits iin>!u/<iius(Che\ro\al) are presented. First larval hosts are reported for Euderces p. occidenialis, E. pint (Olivier). Leptostylus alhescens ( Haldeman). Leptostylopsis planidorsus (LeContc), Styloleptus minuens (Hamilton). Urgleptes kissin-geri Dillon, Ecyms dasycerus floridanus Linsley and Obereagracilis( Fabricius). Sternidius moderator (Casey) is placed as a junior synonym of Sternidius schwurzi (Hamilton). Comparative, synonymical or supplemental information is given for an additional 9 species. Although the Cerambycidae of the United States have been actively studied for many years, details of the life histories of many species remain unknown. This is particularly true of the southeastern fauna, which, except for a few brief annotations in regional catalogues, has received little attention. Much of the available biological information for species occurr-ing in the southeast is based upon findings in other portions of their overall distributions, and the recorded hosts for many species do not even occur in the area. Moreover, many of the commonly collected species, such as Styloleptus biustus (Lee.), have consistently been confused with other species in the literature, appearing under a variety of generic and specific epithets. Older published accounts, therefore, are frequently quite difficult to interpret within current species concepts. The records reported here are based upon collections made during 1974-8, and apparently represent new distributional, larval host or ecological records for 36 southeastern longhorn species. Rearing method-ologies have been described elsewhere (Turnbow and Wappes, 1978). Unless otherwise indicated, specimens are in the collections of the authors. Prioninae Derancistrus (Elateropsis) rugosus (Gahan). This species has 'Received June 27. 1979. 'School ol Forest Resources. University ol Georgia. Athens. GA. 30602. Mailing address: Department of Fntomology. University ol Georgia. 'Placenta Canyon Nature Center. 19152 W. Placenta Canyon Road. Nevs hall. CA. 9 I 32 I . FNT. NI-WS 90(5) 219 229
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