Species Archodontes melanopus - Live-oak Root Borer

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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

Species melanopus (Live-oak Root Borer)

Size

30-57 mm

Identification

Archodontes m. melanopus resembles Stenodontes (Mallodon) dasytomus, see Yanega for details. (1) Mandibles not (always?) hairy in males.

Range

Southeastern United States. Subspecies in the southwestern US.

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

June-September

Life Cycle

Larvae are gall-formers on roots of Live Oak--Quercus virginiana, and Water Oak--Quercus nigra.

Print References

Yanega, p. 26, fig. 5 (1)

Internet References

Gallery of Florida Insects--Coleoptera

Florida Longhorns--male

Florida Longhorns--female

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 18 pinned, including specimens from that state.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 11:02am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 30 June, 2005 - 7:40am

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