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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Callidiini » Callidium » Violet Tanbark Beetle (Callidium violaceum)

Species Callidium violaceum - Violet Tanbark Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Metallic Blue Beetle. - Callidium violaceum

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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 Callidiini

Genus Callidium

Species violaceum (Violet Tanbark Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=janthinum LeConte; may be synonymous with C. testaceum (R.A. Haack, pers. comm. to =v=)

Explanation of Names

Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

extremely variable: 8-18 mm in the native range[9-15 mm in NA per(1)]

Range

adventive in NA (ne. US & adjacent Canada) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4); native to the Palaearctic

Habitat

under bark of dry conifers(1)

Season

May-Aug(1)

Remarks

NB: not mentioned in(5)(6)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Fact sheet

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

2.	Diversity of non-native terrestrial arthropods on woody plants in Canada Langor D.W., DeHaas L., Foottit R.G. 2009. Biological Invasions 11(1): 5-19.

3.	Distributional and host records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) associated with Cupressaceae in New England,New York, and New Jersy Maier C.T. . 2009. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(2): 438-453.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

6.	Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.

Contributed by v belov on 15 August, 2012 - 11:57am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 April, 2022 - 7:09pm

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