Genus Saperda

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Saperda tridentata - Elm Borer - Saperda tridentata

Saperda tridentata? - Saperda tridentata

Cerambycidae, from Quaking Aspen stem swellings, dorsal - Saperda inornata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Lamiinae (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles)

Tribe Saperdini

Genus Saperda

Explanation of Names

Saperda Fabricius 1775

Greek saperdes 'a kind of fish'(1) (obscure connotation; may refer to coloration of a European member of the genus)

Numbers

in the New World, 2 subgenera with 15 spp. (all but one in the nominate subgenus), all in our area(2), 43 spp. total(3)

Identification

detailed treatment in Linsley & Chemsak (1995)(4)

Range

holarctic & Oriental, 2/3 spp. in Eurasia(3); in our area, most spp. are eastern(2); all occur in Canada(5) but only 6 reach FL(6) (vs. 9 in MS)

Remarks

economically important groups; at least 7 spp. in our area are capable to inflict serious to devastating damage to poplars, hickory, American elm, basswood, apple, and some other trees(7)

Works Cited

1.	Composition of scientific words Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.

2.	New World Cerambycidae Catalog

3.	Roguet J.-P. (2013) Lamiaires du Monde (Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lamiinae)

4.	The Cerambycidae of North America, Part VII, No. 2: ... subfamily Lamiinae, tribes Acanthocinini through Hemilophini. E. Gorton Linsley & John A. Chemsak. 1995. University of California Publications in Entomology 114: 1-292.

5.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

6.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

7.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 9:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 September, 2022 - 12:13pm

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