Genus Clytus

Classification · Other Common Names · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

BG2121 D2755-6-6b - Clytus marginicollis

Black and yellow cerambycid - Clytus ruricola

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 Clytini

Genus Clytus

Other Common Names

A common name applied to Clytus arietus in the UK is "wasp beetle".

Life Cycle

Larval food of Clytus ruricola is decaying hardwoods, esp. maple (1).

Print References

Yanega plate 11 (1)

Dillon and Dillon plate LIX ruricola and marginocollis (2)

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology lists marginicollis 21 pinned and ruricola (16 pinned)

Works Cited

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

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

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 18 February, 2008 - 7:03pm

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