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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 » Semanotus » Cedar Tree Borer (Semanotus ligneus)

Species Semanotus ligneus - Cedar Tree Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Cedar Tree Borer Beetle (Semanotus ligneus ligneus) - Semanotus ligneus

Cedar Tree Borer - Semanotus ligneus - Semanotus ligneus

Distinctive spotted beetle. - Semanotus ligneus

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

Species ligneus (Cedar Tree Borer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

a number of taxa formerly treated as subspecies of S. ligneus have been elevated to species by Hammond & Williams (2013)(1)

Explanation of Names

Semanotus ligneus (Fabricius 1787)

ligneus 'related to wood'

Size

8-12 mm(2)

Identification

Some specimens are largely dark(2)

Range

e. NA (to Calif.?) (NS-MB to TX) - Map (1)(3)(4)

Season

Mar-Aug(5)

Food

hosts: Thuja, Cupressus, Juniperus(1)

Life Cycle

Eggs are deposited under the bark in the spring. Larvae feed beneath the bark, scarring the wood deeply. Then they bore into the sapwood and sometimes the heartwood.(6)

There is one generation per year.(6)

See Also

Semanotus amplus (Casey)

- Range: west of the continental divide to BC-CA

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Casey's conundrum, a review of the genus Semanotus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callidiini) in North America Hammond H.E.J., Williams D.J. 2013. Zootaxa 3670: 101–136.

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

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

6.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 June, 2007 - 6:49pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 July, 2023 - 3:19pm

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