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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 » Meriellum » Meriellum proteus

Species Meriellum proteus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks
Longhorn Beetle (Iridescent Purple + Gold), 12:15pm - Meriellum proteus Longhorn Beetle (Iridescent Purple + Gold), 12:15pm - Meriellum proteus Meriellum proteus Meriellum proteus Beetle - Meriellum proteus unknown bug, ID please: / Species Meriellum proteus - Meriellum proteus Meriellum proteus? - Meriellum proteus
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 Meriellum
Species proteus (Meriellum proteus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meriellum proteus (Kirby 1837)
Food
supposedly associated with dead and dying Picea and Pinus
Remarks
Hanley collected several specimens of this species in 2014 in a stand of Colorado Spruce trees in Minot, North Dakota. The trees had been inundated by floodwaters in 2011 and had been in decline since that flood, and were subsequently removed. no other specimens have been encountered since then despite extensive annual survey efforts throughout the city.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 September, 2008 - 8:35pm
Additional contributions by ghanley1
Last updated 24 April, 2022 - 3:01pm

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