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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Callidiini » Semanotus » Cedar Tree Borer (Semanotus ligneus)

Species Semanotus ligneus - Cedar Tree Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
Cedar Tree Borer Beetle (Semanotus ligneus ligneus) - Semanotus ligneus Semanotus ligneus (Fabricius) - Semanotus ligneus unknown cerambycid - Semanotus ligneus Wood Borer? - Semanotus ligneus Cedar Tree Borer - Semanotus ligneus - female Cedar Tree Borer - Semanotus ligneus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Callidiini
Genus Semanotus
Species ligneus (Cedar Tree Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius as Callidium ligneum
Explanation of Names
ligneus - Latin for "wooden, woody" or "dry (like wood)". Perhaps Fabricius intended it to mean "of wood", since this is a wood-boring beetle, though ligni would be the normal way to express that.
Numbers
5 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
8-12 mm (2)
Identification
Some specimens are largely dark (2)
Range
e. & central NA(2)
Northern U.S. and Southern Canada (3)
Season
March-August (3)
Food
Juniper, Cedar (2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
3.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
By Steven W. Lingafelter
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 June, 2007 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2011 - 6:12pm

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