Species Clytus ruricola

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

Black and yellow cerambycid - Clytus ruricola

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 ruricola (Clytus ruricola)

Other Common Names

Le Longicorne des champs (French)

Size

10-15 mm

Identification

Middle U-shaped band is distinctive, though Xylotrechus schaefferi has a smilar pattern. Xylotrechus have very short antennae, only reaching back to rear of pronotum. Antennae of Clytus reach back to mid-elytra. Also, antennae of C. marginicollis appear to be brownish, darkening to black at tips. Antennae of X. schaefferi appear to be all dark.

Range

Northeastern North America. Quebec, extending south at least to Carolinas, Georgia.

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

May-August (northeastern United States), reported June-July (Minnesota)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on decaying hardwoods, especially Maple Acer species.

Print References

Yanega, p. 120, fig. 119, plate 11 (1)

Dillon, p. 603, plate LIX #5 (2)

Internet References

North Carolina State Univ. Entomology--16 pinned

Insects of Cedar Creek (Minnesota)

Insects of Quebec

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 31 March, 2005 - 5:44am

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