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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 » Callidiellum » Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle (Callidiellum rufipenne)

Species Callidiellum rufipenne - Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle - Callidiellum rufipenne - male

Callidiellum rufipenne? - Callidiellum rufipenne - male

Cerambycid beetle - Callidiellum rufipenne

Callidellium rufipenne - Callidiellum rufipenne

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 Callidiellum

Species rufipenne (Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Callidiellum rufipenne (Motschulsky 1860)

Size

6–13 mm (Hoebeke 1999)

Identification

dorsal habitus(1)

Range

native to e. Asia, adventive in NA (East Coast: RI-NC), so. Europe(2)(3), and Argentina (Di Iorio 2004)

Food

hosts: Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae (Chamaecyparis, Cryptomeria, Cupressus, Juniperus, Thuja)(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: BC 1927 (Hoebeke 1999)

Print References

Hoebeke E.R. (1999) Japanese cedar longhorned beetle in the eastern United States. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 81–35–004 (Full text)

Di Iorio O.R. (2004) Exotic species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) introduced in Argentina. Part 2. New records, host plants, emergence periods, and current status. Agrociencia 38: 663-678 (Full text)

Internet References

Fact sheet

Works Cited

1.	Hoskovec M., Rejzek M. (1997-2012) West Palaearctic Cerambycidae

2.	Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.

3.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 29 May, 2012 - 10:59am
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 29 May, 2012 - 1:28pm

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