Species Clytus marginicollis

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Longhorned Beetle - Clytus marginicollis

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 Clytini

Genus Clytus

Species marginicollis (Clytus marginicollis)

Size

6-10 mm

Identification

Compact body shape, banding, hairiness are distinctive. Resembles a small, hairy wasp. (1)

Range

Eastern North America. (Found in northeast and in checklists/collections from North Carolina, Florida.)

Habitat

Pine forests--found under bark of broken pine branches.

Season

April-July (Northeast), March-May (North Carolina)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on dead branches of "hard" pines.

Print References

Yanega, p. 120, fig. 118, plate 11 (1)

Dillon, p. 603, plate LIX #3 (2)

Brimley, p. 215, lists for Piedmont and Sandhills of North Carolina (3)

Internet References

Beetles of Florida

North Carolina State Univ. Entomology--23 pinned

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) By Douglas Yanega

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 31 March, 2005 - 5:43am

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