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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) » Prioninae » Mallodonini » Mallodon » Hardwood Stump Borer (Mallodon dasystomus)

Species Mallodon dasystomus - Hardwood Stump Borer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited

Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle - Mallodon dasystomus

Hardwood Stump Borer - Mallodon dasystomus

Arizona Cerambycid for ID - Mallodon dasystomus

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 Prioninae

Tribe Mallodonini

Genus Mallodon

Species dasystomus (Hardwood Stump Borer)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Prionus dasystomus Say, 1824

Syn: Stenodontes dasystomus (Say)

Explanation of Names

Mallodon dasystomus (Say 1823)

dasystomus = 'hairy mouth'

Size

20-50 mm

Identification

Antennal tubercles at the base of the antennae acute; mandibles nearly horizontal, prolonged in male, more or less carinate above, most bidentate and pubescent internally.

Range

se. US to AZ (AZ-FL-VA-OK) to Columbia - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Food

Larvae bore in live heartwood of trees, incl. oak, elm, willow, pecan, maple, sycamore, etc.(3)

Life Cycle

take 3-4 years to mature. Can be economically damaging. Adults come to lights.

Eggs are laid around wounds, particularly near the base of the tree. The larvae bore into the heartwood, feeding gregariously.(4)

See Also

Resembles Archodontes melanopus, see discussion in(5)

Works Cited

1.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.

4.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

5.	Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess, Arturo Santos
Last updated 29 July, 2023 - 1:06pm

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