Species Elaphidion mucronatum - Spined Oak Borer

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

Longhorned beetle - Elaphidion mucronatum

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 Elaphidiini

Genus Elaphidion

Species mucronatum (Spined Oak Borer)

Size

13-20 mm

Identification

Note very long femoral spines.

Range

Eastern United States, west to Texas.

Season

Spring-late summer or fall. April-October (northeastern United States). May-August (North Carolina)

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid beneath bark of dead hardwoods. Larvae feed beneath the bark for the first year and feed deeper the second year. Adults come to lights, bait traps.

See Also

Parelaphidion species

Print References

Dillon, p. 587, plate LVIII (1)

Yanega, p. 48, fig. 155 (2)

Brimley, p. 211 (3)

Internet References

Hilton Pond, South Carolina

Cerambycidae of Florida

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists from that state just E. mucronatum (121 pinned).

Works Cited

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

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

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 29 July, 2005 - 8:13pm
Last updated 27 July, 2006 - 1:44pm

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