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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Prioninae » Macrotomini » Archodontes » Live-oak Root Borer (Archodontes melanopus)

Species Archodontes melanopus - Live-oak Root Borer

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Live-oak Root Borer - Archodontes melanopus Live-oak Root Borer - Archodontes melanopus Archodontes melanopus large beetle - Archodontes melanopus Longhorn? - Archodontes melanopus Longhorn? - Archodontes melanopus Longhorn? - Archodontes melanopus Longhorn? - Archodontes melanopus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)
Family Cerambycidae (Longhorned Beetles)
Subfamily Prioninae
Tribe Macrotomini
Genus Archodontes
Species melanopus (Live-oak Root Borer)
Size
30-57 mm
Identification
Archodontes m. melanopus resembles Stenodontes (Mallodon) dasytomus, see Yanega for details. (1) Mandibles not (always?) hairy in males.
Range
Southeastern United States. Subspecies in the southwestern US.
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
June-September
Life Cycle
Larvae are gall-formers on roots of Live Oak--Quercus virginiana, and Water Oak--Quercus nigra.
Print References
Yanega, p. 26, fig. 5 (1)
Internet References
Gallery of Florida Insects--Coleoptera
Florida Longhorns--male
Florida Longhorns--female
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 18 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
By Douglas Yanega
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 June, 2004 - 11:02am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 30 June, 2005 - 7:40am

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