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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 » Anaglyptini » Cyrtophorus » Cyrtophorus verrucosus

Species Cyrtophorus verrucosus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cyrtophorus verrucosus? - Cyrtophorus verrucosus Unknown Beetle - Cyrtophorus verrucosus Cyrtophorus verrucosus Beetle - Cyrtophorus verrucosus Cyrtophorus verrucosus cerambycid - Cyrtophorus verrucosus long-horned beetle - Cyrtophorus verrucosus Cyrtophorus verrucosus? - Cyrtophorus verrucosus - male
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 Anaglyptini
Genus Cyrtophorus
Species verrucosus (Cyrtophorus verrucosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cyrtophorus verrucosus (Olivier)
Original Comb: Callidium verrucosus Olivier 1795
Syns: verrucosum, verrucosa. (spelling)
Explanation of Names
verrucosus (L). 'wart-like". (1)
Numbers
Monotypic genus (2)
Size
7-11 mm
Identification
Ant mimic. Distinctive markings, and note also knobs at base of pronotum.
Two forms:
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The reddish form greatly resembles a major of Camponotus chromaiodes while in motion. Presumably the black form mimics Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
Range
e US to AB (TX-FL-ME-AB) - Map (3), very common sp. (4)
Habitat
Deciduous forests and adjacent areas
Season
March to July, among the first cerambycids encountered each year (4)
Food
Adults take nectar and/or pollen on spring-flowering trees and shrubs.
Larvae feed on a wide variety of hardwoods, including Acer, Betula, Carya, Castanea, Cercis, Cornus, Fagus, Quercus, Ulmus, & Pinus. (4)
Remarks
A remarkable ant mimic, this species runs like an ant. It even felt like an ant when it ran across my hand while photographing it. (cotinis)
See Also
Microclytus compressicollis (Laporte & Gory)
Range: extreme ne US, CAN
Det. Doug Yaneg, 2013
Print References
Yanega, fig. 204 (5)
Brimley p. 216, notes for March-May in eastern North Carolina. (6)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
5.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
6.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 10:03pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Ben Coulter
Last updated 1 March, 2022 - 10:54pm

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