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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 » Callidium » Black-horned Juniper Borer (Callidium texanum)

Species Callidium texanum - Black-horned Juniper Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References
Callidium sp.? - Callidium texanum House Beetle - Callidium texanum Callidium texanum Schaeffer - Callidium texanum juniper borer - Callidium texanum Longhorn beetle? - Callidium texanum Buprestid? - Callidium texanum Callidium texanum Callidium texanum
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 Callidium
Species texanum (Black-horned Juniper Borer)
Explanation of Names
Callidium texanum Schaeffer 1917
Size
10 mm (Schaeffer 1917)
Range
ID-CA to MO-MS
Food
Breeds in Juniperus spp. (Chemsak 1962); only sp. of Callidium that breeds in juniper (Ted MacRae, 15.v.2007)
Apparent new host per BG data: Italian cypress (Cupressus sempervirens, Cupressaceae) - USDA Fact Sheet, 1993
Life Cycle
See: Juniper Borers (US Forest Service 2011)
Print References
Chemsak J.A. (1962) Observations on the habits of larvae and adults of Callidium texanum Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 35: 321-323 (Full text)
Linsley E.G. (1957) A new species of Callidium from juniper. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 33: 33-34.
Schaeffer C. (1917) On Merium and some blue Callidium. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 25: 183-187 (Full text)
White C.E. (1968) A brood of Callidium texanum Schaeffer (Cerambycidae). Col. Bull. 22: 31-32.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 14 February, 2006 - 2:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2022 - 9:48am

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