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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-Faced Longhorns (Lamiinae) » Monochamini » Monochamus

Genus Monochamus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Whitespotted Sawyer - Monochamus scutellatus Whitespotted Sawyer - Monochamus scutellatus - female unknown dark patchy 6 legged bug - Monochamus carolinensis unknown Coleoptera - Monochamus scutellatus - male Southern Pine Sawyer & Company - Monochamus titillator Whitespotted Sawyer - Monochamus scutellatus - female Beetle - Monochamus notatus Monochamus notatus - male
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 Lamiinae (Flat-Faced Longhorns)
Tribe Monochamini
Genus Monochamus
Other Common Names
Sawyer beetle
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Monochamus Megerle in Dejean 1821
Explanation of Names
Greek mono 'one/single' + chamus 'rein/bridle'(1)
Numbers
8 spp. and 6 sspp. in the New World, all in our area(2), >50 total
Size
25 mm or larger
Identification
Either black or mottled gray. First antennal segment has a scar-like area near the tip. Antennae of the male is twice as long as the body, about as long as the body in females.
Food
on conifers
Remarks
Some species are carriers of the pinewood nematode, responsible for pine wilt
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
2.A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the New World
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, McClarinJ, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2011 - 3:06pm

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