Trichocnemis spiculatus is a species of wood boring beetle.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Trichocnemis |
| Species: | T. spiculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichocnemis spiculatus LeConte, 1851
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Description
editCommon 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
editThe range is within Western North America.[2]
Ecology
editAs 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
editTrichocnemis spiculatus contains the following subspecies:
References
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