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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 » Clytini » Xylotrechus

Genus Xylotrechus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Longhorn beetle - Xylotrechus colonus Beetle ID Request - Rustic Borer (Xylotrechus colonus)? - Xylotrechus colonus Pretty, sick beetle - Xylotrechus insignis Xylotrechus insignis? - Xylotrechus insignis Furry Longhorn - Xylotrechus mormonus Beetle? ID - Xylotrechus colonus Xylotrechus sagittatus Rustic Borer - 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
23 spp. in our area, 26 in the New World (all in the nominate subgenus)(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, John Schneider, v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 8:05pm

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