Genus Archodontes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References

Live-oak Root Borer - Archodontes melanopus

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 Archodontes

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists one species in genus.

Identification

Archodontes m. melanopus

Habitat

In South Carolina, primarily in sandhills and coastal plain.

Remarks

Most similar to Mallodon, but mandibles are projected downward, in line with face (left) as opposed to projected outward (right). Additionally, edge of pronotum of Mallodon is rounded, not straight.

Internet References

Archodontes melanopus

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 10:57am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 10 August, 2005 - 10:28am

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