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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) » Prioninae » Macrotomini » Mallodon » Hardwood Stump Borer (Mallodon dasystomus)

Species Mallodon dasystomus - Hardwood Stump Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Central Florida beetle from wooded area - Mallodon dasystomus

WBC Mallodon, with finger for scale - Mallodon dasystomus

(Hardwood Stump Borer) - Mallodon dasystomus

Mallodon dasystomus (Say) - Mallodon dasystomus - 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 Prioninae

Tribe Macrotomini

Genus Mallodon

Species dasystomus (Hardwood Stump Borer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stenodontes dasystomus

Size

20-50 mm

Identification

Robust, gigantic jaws. Resembles Archodontes melanopus, see Yanega for discussion. (1)

Range

Southern North America

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

May-October, Northeast (1). January, May-June, August--North Carolina (2).

Life Cycle

Larvae bore in live heartwood of trees, esp. oak, sycamore, take 3-4 years to mature. Can be economically damaging. Adults attracted to UV lights.

Remarks

This was until recently considered a Stenodontes spp., Mallodon was treated as a subgenus.

Print References

Yanega, p. 26, figs. 6a-b (1)

Brimley, p. 209 (2)

Dillon, p. 576, plate LVII #8 (3)

Internet References

Forestry Images

Texas Insects

Gallery of Florida Insects--Beetles, also has image of similar Archodontes

Florida Longhorns--female

Florida Longhorns--male

Florida Longhorns--larva

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 70 pinned, including specimens from that state, and no other species listed for the genus.

Ill. checklist Florida Cerambycids--photo male only

Works Cited

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

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

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 20 August, 2005 - 3:49pm

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