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Genus Xylotrechus

/ Buprestidae ? - Xylotrechus nauticus Xylotrechus insignis looks like longhorn but no longhorns - Xylotrechus colonus Beetle - Xylotrechus nauticus Xylotrechus? Maybe X. sagittatus chiricahuae? - Xylotrechus sagittatus Long-horned Beetle - Xylotrechus nauticus Xylotrechus undulatus Arrowhead Borer - Xylotrechus sagittatus
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 Cerambycinae
Tribe Clytini
Genus Xylotrechus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
a new sp. recently described from UT(1)
Explanation of Names
Xylotrechus Chevrolat 1860
'wood runner' [refers to the adults' characteristic fast-moving along tree trunk]
Numbers
22 spp. in our area, in 2 subgenera(2), ~230 total
Size
8‒25 mm
Range
essentially holarctic; in our area, mostly western (7 spp. in e. NA)(2)
Remarks
several exotic spp. may be found in NA, incl. X. altaicus, X. (R.) rusticus, etc.
Works Cited
1.A New Species of Xylotrechus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Clytini) from Utah
Ronald L. Alten. 2014. Insecta Mundi 0355: 1-6.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 6 September, 2004 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, John Schneider, v belov
Last updated 24 February, 2024 - 3:12pm

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