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Species Smodicum cucujiforme - Flat Oak Borer

Longhorned beetle - Smodicum cucujiforme

Smodicum cucujiforme (Say) - Smodicum cucujiforme

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 Smodicini

Genus Smodicum

Species cucujiforme (Flat Oak Borer)

Other Common Names

Flat Powder-post Beetle(1)

Explanation of Names

Smodicum cucujiforme (Say 1826)

Size

7-10 mm(1)

Identification

Det. E.G. Riley, 2010

Range

e. US (so.ON-MA-FL to IA-TX) - Map (2)(3)

Food

Dry heartwood of various hardwoods incl. oak, hickory, maple(1)

Life Cycle

Larval development is completed in ~1 year (up to 3 years in seasoned wood)(4)

Eggs are laid in crevices of exposed wood. The larvae excavate tunnels about 3mm in diameter, tightly packing them with frass. Pupation occurs in an enlarged portion of the mine near the surface of the wood.(5)

Remarks

common(6), comes to lights(1); often infests stored lumber, larvae continue to feed after the wood is in use(4)

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

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

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

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

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

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

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 May, 2006 - 7:49pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 23 July, 2023 - 1:59pm

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