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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 » Tillomorphini » Euderces » Euderces picipes

Species Euderces picipes

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Tillomorphini
Genus Euderces
Species picipes (Euderces picipes)
Other Common Names
Ridge-necked Bycid
Explanation of Names
Euderces picipes (Fabricius 1787)
picipes (L). 'black foot' (1), not a suitable common name as most bycids have black feet or legs, plus this sp. sometimes has red legs!
Size
5-9 mm(2)
Identification
pronotum with distinct, longitudinal rugae [striae]; ivory callus of elytron nearly always [slightly] oblique [vs. at right angle] (couplet 118) (3)
- uncommon red forms, mostly present in the Gulf states (2)
Range
e NA (QC-ON to c.TX-c.FL) - Map (4)(5)(6)(7), uncommon on Gulf coastal plain
Season
mostly: May-July (BG data)
Food
Larvae mine under the bark of various hardwoods including hickory, black walnut, chestnut, oak, elm, redbud, locust, and dogwood(8)
See Also
Euderces reichei LeConte - granulate pronotum w/o defined longitudinal rugae, ivory elytral lines nearly always transverse [at right angle to elytral edge] (3)
- Range: se.US, but mostly KS to n.Mex.
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
4.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
5.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.
6. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
7.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
8.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 14 May, 2025 - 10:08pm

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