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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 » Phymatodes » Phymatodes amoenus

Species Phymatodes amoenus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Colorful little longhorn - Phymatodes amoenus

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 Phymatodes

Species amoenus (Phymatodes amoenus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phymatodes amoenus (Say)

Orig. Comb: Callidium amoenum Say 1823

Explanation of Names

amoenus (L). 'pleasant, charming' (1)

Numbers

26 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

5-7 mm (3)

Identification

note red head and enlarged red femora to separate from most other Phymatodes spp. (3)

pale abdomen below separates this sp. from Phymatodes lengi Joutel (Rare)

Range

e. NA (TX-FL-QC-MN) (4),(5)

Season

mostly: Apr-Jun (BG data)

Food

only e. US sp. known to host on Vitis spp. (6)

Life Cycle

larvae mine in dead Vitis (6)

Remarks

can be locally common (6)

See Also

Note: Dark Abdomen below (3)(6)(2)

- Range: e. US, Rare

Phymatodes lengi Joutel

Det. T. H. Atkinson, 2012

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Swift I.P., Ray A.M. 2010. Zootaxa 2448: 35–52.

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

4.	An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

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

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

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 27 May, 2006 - 7:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 September, 2021 - 10:02pm

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