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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) » Spondylidinae » Asemini » Arhopalus » Arhopalus rusticus

Species Arhopalus rusticus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Arhopalus rusticus obsoletus - Arhopalus rusticus Arhopalus rusticus montanus (LeConte) - Arhopalus rusticus Longhorned Beetle - Arhopalus rusticus Cerambycidae - Arhopalus rusticus Longhorn - Arhopalus rusticus Long-horned Beetle - Arhopalus rusticus - female Arhopalus rusticus obsoletus - Arhopalus rusticus - female Arhopalus - Arhopalus rusticus
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 Spondylidinae
Tribe Asemini
Genus Arhopalus
Species rusticus (Arhopalus rusticus)
Explanation of Names
Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Numbers
4 sspp.
Size
15-25 mm(1)
Identification
Images of various stages and damage • adult images (specimens from Europe)
Range
ON; e. & w. US; W. Indies(2)(3); Palaearctic (widespread)(4); Australia (introduced)
Season
Mar-Aug(5)
Food
Larvae develop in bases and roots of dead Pinus(1) (damage)
Remarks
Attracted to lights(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.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.
3.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
4.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
5.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 26 June, 2009 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 September, 2022 - 6:49pm

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