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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 » Phymatodes » Phymatodes aereus
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Beetle, dorsal - Phymatodes aereus
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Beetle, dorsal - Phymatodes aereus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
January 3, 2015
Size: 12 mm
I had a stack of firewood in the house since April 2014. As I was loading the wood stove I saw this beetle on the floor. It was alive but damaged. I don't know if it had a connection to the wood or not.
Should I delete the above date?

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Beetle, dorsal - Phymatodes aereus Beetle, ventral - Phymatodes aereus
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 January, 2015 - 4:12pm
Last updated 22 June, 2022 - 11:00am

Moved
Moved from Phymatodes.
… Bruce Tilden, 22 June, 2022 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively; may or may not be native
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles.
… v belov, 8 January, 2015 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I never even thought
about the obvious as this longhorned isn't very longhorned.
Doug Yanega in his book Field Guide to NE Longhorned Beeltes says of P. aereus: 6-12 mm, slightly flattened with soft elytra and swollen femora, but distinguished from others by combination of uniform brown body color, yellowish legs and strongly punctate elytra."
I cleaned it up and it's still almost black but it is punctate. The enlarged yellow femora did catch my attention.
… MJ Hatfield, 9 January, 2015 - 5:30am login or register to post comments

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