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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 » Semanotus » Semanotus amethystinus

Species Semanotus amethystinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Semanotus amethystinum (LeConte, 1853) - Semanotus amethystinus - female Semanotus amethystinus (LeConte) - Semanotus amethystinus Semanotus amethystinus (LeConte) - Semanotus amethystinus - female Beetle, iridescent blue - Semanotus amethystinus Longhorned beetle from Western Red Cedar - Semanotus amethystinus Large, metallic blue Longhorn Beetle - Semanotus amethystinus Large, metallic blue Longhorn Beetle - Semanotus amethystinus Large, metallic blue Longhorn Beetle - Semanotus amethystinus
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 Semanotus
Species amethystinus (Semanotus amethystinus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Semanotus amethystinus (LeConte 1853)
Orig. Comb: Physocnemum amythystinum LeConte, 1853:234
Range
Mostly West Coast (WA-CA) + few records from high elevations in WY-CO-UT(1)
Food
Larval hosts: Libocedrus decurrens (incense-cedar), Thuja plicata (western redcedar)(1)
Remarks
Transported around in lumber(1)
Internet References
Species page (elytra color faded in holotype image) from the online New World Cerambycidae Calatog by Larry Bezark.
72 specimen records (most record links have a specimen & label image) from the Essig Museum at UC Berkeley.
Specimen images and records from the California Beetle Database web site.
Works Cited
1.Casey's conundrum, a review of the genus Semanotus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callidiini) in North America
Hammond H.E.J., Williams D.J. 2013. Zootaxa 3670: 101–136.
Contributed by Dennis Haines on 20 July, 2010 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 14 June, 2020 - 4:21pm

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