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Genus Xylotrechus

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Acts like a Tiger but looks like a Long Horned. - Xylotrechus undulatus Rustic Borer Beetle - Xylotrechus colonus Pretty, sick beetle - Xylotrechus insignis maybe Xylotrechus integer - Xylotrechus integer Beetle - Xylotrechus sagittatus Xylotrechus nitidus Arrowhead Borer - Xylotrechus sagittatus Neoclytus sp? - Xylotrechus colonus

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 Clytini
Genus Xylotrechus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

a new sp. recently described from UT(1)

Explanation of Names

Xylotrechus Chevrolat 1860
'wood runner' [refers to the adults' characteristic fast-moving along tree trunk]

Numbers

22 spp. in our area, in 2 subgenera(2), ~230 total

Size

8‒25 mm

Range

essentially holarctic; in our area, mostly western (7 spp. in e. NA)(2)

Remarks

several exotic spp. may be found in NA, incl. X. altaicus, X. (R.) rusticus, etc.

Works Cited

1.A New Species of Xylotrechus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Clytini) from Utah
Ronald L. Alten. 2014. Insecta Mundi 0355: 1-6.
2.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 6 September, 2004 - 6:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, John Schneider, v belov
Last updated 24 February, 2024 - 3:12pm

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