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Genus Semanotus

Semanotus ligneus Beetle - Semanotus amplus Semanotus amethystinus (LeConte) - Semanotus amethystinus - female Semanotus litigiosus longhorn-like beetle - Semanotus juniperi Another Semanotus male? - Semanotus litigiosus - male Callidiini - - Semanotus beetle - Semanotus ligneus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Callidiini
Genus Semanotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed by Hammond and Williams (2013)(1)
Explanation of Names
Semanotus Mulsant 1839
Numbers
7 spp. (one adventive) in our area(1) + a dozen in Eurasia
Identification
key to spp. in (1) • habitus photos(2)
Range
transcontinental NA, south through Honduras (1), holarctic
Food
hosts: various conifers (Juniperus, Sequoia, Libocedrus, Pseudotsuga, Cupressus, Thuja, Picea, Pinus, Abies)(1)
Works Cited
1.Casey's conundrum, a review of the genus Semanotus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callidiini) in North America
Hammond H.E.J., Williams D.J. 2013. Zootaxa 3670: 101–136.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 June, 2007 - 6:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 3:14pm

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