Species
Phymatodes nitidus (Sequoia cone borer)
Phymatodes nitidus. Photo: (c) Eddie Dunbar, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It lays its eggs on the surface of giant sequoia and coast redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
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Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
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Superfamily: Cerambycoidea (Long-horned beetles and allies)
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Family: Cerambycidae (Longhorn beetles)
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Subfamily: Cerambycinae (Typical longhorn beetles)
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Tribe: Callidiini
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Genus: Phymatodes
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Subgenus: Poecilium
- Species: Phymatodes nitidus (Sequoia cone borer)
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Subgenus: Poecilium
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Genus: Phymatodes
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Tribe: Callidiini
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Subfamily: Cerambycinae (Typical longhorn beetles)
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Family: Cerambycidae (Longhorn beetles)
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Superfamily: Cerambycoidea (Long-horned beetles and allies)
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Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
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Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
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Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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