Knulliana cincta spinifera

The subspecific name 'spinifera' suggests spiny features that distinguish it from the nominate subspecies Knulliana cincta cincta. Close examination of collected specimens is necessary to separate it from similar species such as Eburia quadrigeminata, with which it has been confused in trap collections due to superficial resemblance.

Xeric prairie remnants, dolomite glades, and igneous glades. Documented from ethanol/red wine bait traps placed in dry post oak woodland, xeric rhyolite prairie, and sand prairie environments.

North America: Canada (CA), Mexico (MX), and United States. Specific records from northwestern Oklahoma (Major County, Gloss Mountain State Park) and Missouri (Stegall Mountain Natural Area, Russell Mountain/Jakk's Glade).

Adults have been collected in July in Oklahoma and Missouri, with trap records from mid-to-late summer.

Attracted to ethanol/red wine bait traps. Adults are nocturnal or crepuscular in activity patterns typical of many cerambycids.

Of interest to coleopterists and biodiversity researchers. The subspecies has been documented in ecological studies comparing bait trap efficacy.

• Eburia quadrigeminataSimilar appearance leading to confusion in trap collections; requires close specimen examination to distinguish
• Knulliana cincta cinctaNominate subspecies; differs in spination characteristics implied by 'spinifera' epithet

• Cerambycidae
• Cerambycinae
• Bothriospilini
• longhorn beetle
• subspecies
• North America
• bait trap
• ethanol/red wine
• xeric prairie
• glade habitat

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