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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 » Physocnemum » Cypress Bark Borer (Physocnemum andreae)

Species Physocnemum andreae - Cypress Bark Borer

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Cypress Bark Borer-Physocnemum andreae - Physocnemum andreae Cypress Bark Borer - Physocnemum andreae Physocnemum andreae - Cypress Bark Borer - Physocnemum andreae
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 Physocnemum
Species andreae (Cypress Bark Borer)
Explanation of Names
Physocnemum andreae (Haldeman)
Size
17-21 mm (1)
Range
Atlantic Coast (2) (ON-QC-FL) - only one FL spmn seen (3)
Life Cycle
in cypress (3)

Overwinter in the larval stage, pupation occurs in spring(4)

Eggs are deposited beneath bark scales and the larvae feed beneath the bark, excavating large mines that deeply scar the wood.(4)
Remarks
uncommon (1)(5)
Internet References
Cerambycidae Catalog
Cerambycidae of Florida
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
5.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
Contributed by v belov on 8 September, 2011 - 1:29am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 July, 2023 - 3:03pm

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