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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Lamiinae) » Saperdini » Saperda » Red-edged Saperda (Saperda lateralis)

Species Saperda lateralis - Red-edged Saperda

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Red-edged Saperda? - Saperda lateralis Saperda lateralis Fabricius - Saperda lateralis Saperda lateralis Fabricius - Saperda lateralis Red-edged Saperda - Saperda lateralis Red-Edged Saperda - Saperda lateralis Saperda lateralis unknown long horn beetle - Saperda lateralis OH ash olhb - Saperda lateralis
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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)
Tribe Saperdini
Genus Saperda
Species lateralis (Red-edged Saperda)
Explanation of Names
Saperda lateralis Fabricius 1775
Size
9-15 mm(1)
Identification
elytra dark gray to blackish with deep surface punctures and orangish-red stripes along lateral and (usually) medial margins; most specimens have no oblique reddish bands on elytra, but some may have 1-3 bands
Range
e NA (NS-FL to MB-TX)(2)(3)(4)
Habitat
Deciduous and mixed forests
Season
May-Aug(1)
Food
Larvae feed on dead wood of hickory elm, hazel, and pine(1)
Remarks
mimic of Lycid beetles(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
4.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 May, 2004 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, ghanley1, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 February, 2021 - 4:35pm

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