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Species Oeme rigida

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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 Oemini
Subtribe Oemina
Genus Oeme
Species rigida (Oeme rigida)
Explanation of Names
Oeme rigida (Say 1826)
Numbers
2 sspp., both in our area(1)
Size
6-20 mm(2)
Identification
habitus distinctive(2)
Range
e. US to AZ-UT - Map (3)
O. r. rigida - e. US to TX
O. r. deserta - AZ-TX-CO-UT(1)
Food
on Juniperus and Taxodium, rarely Pinus(4)
Reared from Cupressus x leylandii, noted here - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1733807/bgimage
Remarks
uncommon, nocturnal(2)
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