Trichocnemis spiculatus

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

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

Description

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

The range is within Western North America.[2]

Ecology

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

Trichocnemis spiculatus contains the following subspecies:

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

References

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