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Species Dorcaschema nigrum - Black Hickory Borer

Dorchaschema nigrum - Dorcaschema nigrum

small black long-horned beetle - Dorcaschema nigrum

Gray longhorned beetle - Dorcaschema nigrum

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 Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Dorcaschematini

Genus Dorcaschema

Species nigrum (Black Hickory Borer)

Explanation of Names

Dorcaschema nigrum (Say 1827)

nigrum = 'black'

Size

7-12 mm(1)

Identification

entirely black(1)

Range

e. US + QC-ON (the only Dorcaschema reaching Canada)

Habitat

dead/dying branches(1)

Season

May-Aug(1)

Food

host: hickory (Carya)(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 June, 2007 - 9:20pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 23 June, 2015 - 8:01am

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