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Small Black beetle - Xylocrius cribratus

Small Black beetle - Xylocrius cribratus
Shasta County, California, USA
July 15, 2008
Size: 15 mm
Found on Mt. Shasta at elevation 6500Ft. on Bitter Brush.

Xylocrius cribatus. It bores
Xylocrius cribatus. It bores in Bitter Cherry.

 
So...
....that would be a cerambycid? What subfamily, please, so we can make a guide page. Thank you.

 
Cerambycinae
Callidiini

 
Cerambycinae, Callidiini. The
Cerambycinae, Callidiini. There are two species in the genus. Xylocrius cribatus feeds in Prunus spp. (incl. Bitter Cherry) and X. agassizi larvae utilize Ribes spp. (Gooseberry).

 
Callidiini
Thank you Dennis, I could not find anything that looked like it in the guide. So this is where it would be placed?

F. Cerambycidae
Sub.F. Cerambycinae
Tribe Callidiini
G. Xylocrius sp. cribatus

Thanks again, Richard

 
That's correct.
That's correct.

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