Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


ponderous borer
Trichocnemis spiculatus LeConte, 1851

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ponderous borer
Trichocnemis spiculatus
Damage
USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection Intermountain Region - Ogden, UT


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Tribe: Ergatini
Genus: Trichocnemis

Other System Links

ITIS: 702741
NPDN Pest: INALGYA


Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
(ponderous borer because it occurs in Pinus ponderosa among others trees including firs and redwoods). pine sawyer beetle. prionid beetle

Related Scientific Names:
Ergates spiculatus Aguiar & Bührnheim, 1992(Synonym)

References

Common Name Reference: Furniss, R.L. and Carolin, V.M. 1977. Western forest insects. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Misc. Publ. 1339, Wash. D.C., 654 pp.
Scientific Name Reference: Tavakilian, G. & H. Chevillotte. 2012. Titan: base de données internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes. Version 3.0. Available from: http://lully.snv.jussieu.fr/titan/