Genus Monochamus

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Whitespotted Sawyer - Monochamus scutellatus

Unknown Longhorn Beetle - Monochamus carolinensis

sawyer beetle, M. scutellatus or clamator - Monochamus - female

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 Lamiini

Genus Monochamus

Other Common Names

Sawyer beetle

Size

25 mm. or larger.

Identification

Either black or mottled gray. First antennal segment has a scarlike area near the tip. Antennae of the male is twice as long as the body, about as long as the body in females.

Food

Larvae feed on evergreens.

Print References

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Internet References

Detailed images of species and subspecies from assorted locales at Monochamus

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, McClarinJ
Last updated 6 December, 2007 - 4:22pm

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