Genus Dicerca

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Divaricata on porch floorboards - Dicerca divaricata

Brassy Metallic Wood Borer Beetle - Dicerca tenebrica

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Buprestoidea (Metallic Wood Boring Beetles)

Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)

Subfamily Chrysochroinae

Genus Dicerca

Numbers

27 species (1)

Size

Usually 10-20mm long (1)

Identification

Finely sculptured elytra and elongate tips. (1)

Life Cycle

Many breed in decaying hardwoods. (1)

Print References

White, p. 168 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles By Richard E. White

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 March, 2005 - 11:36am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone
Last updated 27 July, 2007 - 6:04pm

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