Valley elderberry longhorn beetle

Valley elderberry longhorn beetle
Female valley elderberry longhorn beetle

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Desmocerus
Species:
D. californicus
Subspecies:
D. c. dimorphus
Trinomial name
Desmocerus californicus dimorphus
Fisher, 1921 [4]

The valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) is a subspecies of longhorn beetle native to the riparian forests of the Central Valley of California from Redding to Bakersfield. It is listed as a federally threatened species; a proposal to delist the insect was withdrawn in 2014.[5]

  1. ^ NatureServe (5 May 2023). "Desmocerus californicus dimorphus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  3. ^ U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (1980). "Listing the Valley elderberry longhorn beetle as a threatened species with critical habitat". Federal Register. 45 (155). Washington, DC: 52803–52807. 45 FR 52803
  4. ^ "Desmocerus californicus dimorphus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  5. ^ Moler, Robert (September 16, 2014). "Fish and Wildlife Service Withdraws Proposal to Delist Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle from the ESA Following Scientific Review" (Press release). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2019-07-07.