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Species Archodontes melanopus - Live-oak Root Borer

Longhorn? - Archodontes melanopus Prioninae? - Archodontes melanopus Longhorned Beetle - Archodontes melanopus large beetle - Archodontes melanopus Archodontes melanopus? - Archodontes melanopus Archodontes melanopus? - Archodontes melanopus Live-oak Root Borer - Archodontes melanopus Live Oak Root Borer - Archodontes melanopus
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 Prioninae
Tribe Macrotomini
Subtribe Basitoxina
Genus Archodontes
Species melanopus (Live-oak Root Borer)
Explanation of Names
Archodontes melanopus (Linnaeus 1767)
melanopus = 'black-footed'
Numbers
3 sspp.(1)
Size
30-57 mm(2)
Identification
Range
so. US - Map (1)(3)
Season
mostly: Jun-Aug (BG data)
Life Cycle
Larvae form galls on roots of Live Oak (Quercus virginiana), Water Oak (Q. nigra) and other hardwoods(4)

Eggs are deposited at the base of young trees, just below ground level. The larvae bore into the roots and excavate large, flattened galleries in the wood. Huge galls form on infested roots and interfere with the tree's growth.(5)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.New World Cerambycidae Catalog
2.Field Guide to Northeastern Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Douglas Yanega. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Illustrated Key to the Longhorned Woodboring Beetles of the Eastern United States
Steven W. Lingafelter. 2008. Coleopterists Society.
5.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.