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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Trachyderini » Trachyderina » Purplescent Longhorn Beetles (Purpuricenus) » Purpuricenus humeralis

Species Purpuricenus humeralis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Purpuricenus humeralis? - Purpuricenus humeralis

Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius) - Purpuricenus humeralis

Longhorned Beetle - Purpuricenus humeralis

Red Shouldered Pine Borer - Purpuricenus humeralis

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 Trachyderini

Subtribe Trachyderina

Genus Purpuricenus (Purplescent Longhorn Beetles)

Species humeralis (Purpuricenus humeralis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Purpuricenus humeralis (Fabricius 1798)

humerus (L). 'shoulder'(1)

Size

12-20 mm(2)

Range

e. NA: New England to se SK to n.GA-e.OK - Map (2)(3)

Season

May-Sep(2), mostly July (BG data)

Food

the most polyphagous of NA spp.(2); larvae mine in dead branches of numerous hardwoods(4)

Life Cycle

Attracted to bait traps(5)

Print References

Champlain, A.B. and J.N. Knull. 1932. Fermenting bait traps for trapping Elateridae and Cerambycidae (Coleop.). Entomological News 43: 253–257.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Composition of scientific words Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.

2.	Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America MacRae T.C. 2000. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 76: 137-169.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

5.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 11 April, 2005 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2024 - 10:02am

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