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Genus Semanotus

Cedar Tree Borer Beetle (Semanotus ligneus ligneus) - Semanotus ligneus Wood Borer? - Semanotus amplus Cedar Tree Borer - Semanotus amplus Lost on this one.  Can't seem to place it. - Semanotus terminatus Another Semanotus male? - Semanotus litigiosus - male Callidiini - - Semanotus Semanotus - Semanotus litigiosus Beetle 1-1.5cm - Semanotus
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 Semanotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed by Hammond and Williams (2013)(1)
Explanation of Names
Semanotus Mulsant 1839
Numbers
7 spp. (one adventive) in our area(1) + a dozen in Eurasia
Identification
key to spp. in (1)habitus photos(2)
Range
transcontinental NA, south through Honduras (1), holarctic
Food
hosts: various conifers (Juniperus, Sequoia, Libocedrus, Pseudotsuga, Cupressus, Thuja, Picea, Pinus, Abies)(1)