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
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Cerambycoidea (Long-horned beetles and allies)
        Family: Cerambycidae (Longhorn beetles)
        Subfamily: Cerambycinae (Typical longhorn beetles)
        Tribe: Callidiini
        Genus: Phymatodes
        Subgenus: Poecilium
        Species: Phymatodes nitidus (Sequoia cone borer)

Species

Phymatodes nitidus (Sequoia cone borer)

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