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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 » Phymatodes » Tanbark Borer (Phymatodes testaceus)

Species Phymatodes testaceus - Tanbark Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Phymatodes testaceus indoor beetle - Phymatodes testaceus Cerambycidae - Phymatodes testaceus Cerambycidae - Phymatodes testaceus Phymatodes testaceus Phymatodes testaceus tanbark borer - Phymatodes testaceus - female Pennsylvania Cerambycid for ID - Phymatodes testaceus
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 Phymatodes
Species testaceus (Tanbark Borer)
Explanation of Names
Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size
14mm(1)
Identification
the long metatarsomere I (longer than the remaining tarsomeres together) is diagnostic among our spp.; color variable(2)
Range
native to Eurasia; widely established around the world, incl. e. US and, more recently, in the Pacific Northwest(2)
Food
oak [per comment here]

Dead oaks, occasionally in stored hemlock(1)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed within or beneath the bark; pupation occurs in the sapwood.(1)

Several years may be required to complete a life cycle.(1)
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
2.Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Swift I.P., Ray A.M. 2010. Zootaxa 2448: 35–52.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 October, 2005 - 4:33pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov, mfdigiro, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 July, 2023 - 3:00pm

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