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Trichocnemis spiculatus

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Trichocnemis spiculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Genus: Trichocnemis
Species:
T. spiculatus
Binomial name
Trichocnemis spiculatus
LeConte, 1851

Trichocnemis spiculatus is a species of wood boring beetle.[1]

Description

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Common names include pine sawyer, western pine sawyer, spined woodborer, and ponderosa pine borer.[2] A taxonomic synonym is Ergates spiculatus.[2] This beetle species develops on fallen ponderosa pines and Douglas firs. [3] T. spiculatus is the largest species of wood boring beetle in Colorado. [3]

Range

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The range is within Western North America.[2]

Ecology

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As larvae they eat wood of dead and dying pines, [3]their host plants are mainly ponderosa pine and Douglas fir.[2] They lay eggs in bark crevices of these trees. [3] The larvae bore tunnels through the sapwood and heartwood. [3] They have a life cycle of several years long. [3]

Taxonomy

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Trichocnemis spiculatus contains the following subspecies:

  • Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus[1]
  • Trichocnemis spiculatus neomexicanus[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Spined Woodborer (Trichocnemis spiculatus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  2. ^ a b c d "Species Trichocnemis spiculatus - Ponderous Borer".
  3. ^ a b c d e f https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Ergates_spiculatus