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Genus Phymatodes

bug - Phymatodes testaceus Phymatodes lecontei - Phymatodes grandis Long-horned Beetle - Phymatodes grandis Cerambycid? - Phymatodes dimidiatus keyed** - Phymatodes amoenus Phymatodes blandus (LeConte) - Phymatodes blandus Phymatodes nitidus Phymatodes testaceus - male
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 Phymatodes
Explanation of Names
Phymatodes Mulsant 1839
Numbers
26 spp. in our area(1), all in the nominate subgenus(2); worldwide, 6 subgenera and TBA spp.
Identification
can be distinguished from other NA callidiines by reduced metacoxae, subcylindrical body, and generally by smaller overall size(1)
Latest review of our fauna, with a key in Swift & Ray (2010)(1)
Range
Holarctic; throughout our area, but most diverse in the west(1)
Food
larval host plants include Pinus & Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae), Quercus (Fagaceae), and Salix (Salicaceae)(1)
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