Phyllobaenus lateralis Gorham, 1883

Chapman, Eric G., Leavengood, John M. & Dupuis, Julian R., 2025, The Cleridae and Thanerocleridae of eastern North America, with illustrated keys, updated distributions, and special emphasis on the Kentucky fauna, Zootaxa 5639 (1), pp. 1-88 : 55

Phyllobaenus lateralis Gorham, 1883 ; Cleridae : Clerinae : Hydnocerini

Illustrations: Plate 4-C. Phyllobaenus key, couplet 1-B, couplet 3-D, couplet 5-A

Distribution: FL and TX south to Panama.

- Reported from: FL, TX, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama ( Leavengood & Garner 2014; Hernandez-May et al. 2021).

- New State Record: FLORIDA: Highlands County: Lake Placid , Baccharis halimifolia lvs, 68-22383, 23-IV-1968, G. Diatloff ( JMLC; 1) .

Natural History: Almost nothing known. The Florida record above was collected from Baccharis halimifolia leaves.

Comments: Phyllobaenus chapini (Wolcott) was designated as a junior synonym of P. lateralis ( Leavengood &

Garner 2014). The erroneous misassociation of this species with the genus Isohyndocera is addressed in Leavengood

(2024).