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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) » Cerambycinae » Clytini » Xylotrechus

Genus Xylotrechus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Arrowhead Borer - Xylotrechus sagittatus Rustic Borer - Xylotrechus colonus Beetle - Xylotrechus sagittatus which species? - Xylotrechus aceris which species? - Xylotrechus aceris Beetle - Xylotrechus colonus / Buprestidae ? - Xylotrechus nauticus Is this a type of Borer? - Xylotrechus colonus
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 Xylotrechus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Chevrolat, 1860. (Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat, French, 1799-1884) Xylotrechus means "wood runner". (1)
Numbers
22 Nearctic species.
Size
8-25 mm
Identification
Medium-sized Longhorn Beetles, with rather short antennae, usually.

Quoting BugGuide member and coleopterist Guy Hanley: The genus Xylotrechus has two ridges or "carina" on the front of the head, sometimes converging, forming a sort of "Y" shape. See photo of X. sagittatus:

Print References
Taber (1)
Dillon (2)
Yanega (3)
Internet References
Mike Quinn found this beautiful page of images!
Forestry Images
Insects of Cedar Creek--X. colonus, X. undulatus.
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: colonus (158), sagittatus (76)
Works Cited
1.Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33)
By Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
3.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 6 September, 2004 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban
Last updated 24 June, 2007 - 9:12pm

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