Saperda imitans Felt and Joutel, 1904

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027394

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E3F3829-302A-5379-8B26-15E80CCE9AE0

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Saperda imitans Felt and Joutel, 1904
status

 

Saperda imitans Felt and Joutel, 1904 View in CoL

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record *): Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae feed in various hardwood trees such as hickory ( Carya Nutt. ( Juglandaceae )), cherry ( Prunus L. ( Rosaceae )), and willow ( Salix L. ( Salicaceae )) ( Lingafelter 2007); in black cherry ( Prunus serotina Ehrh. ), S. Imitans prefers larger diameter branches with phloem still present ( DiGirolomo et al. 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Saperda