''Trichocnemis spiculatus'' is a

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of wood boring beetle.

Description

Common names include pine sawyer, western pine sawyer, spined woodborer, and ponderosa pine borer. A taxonomic synonym is ''Ergates spiculatus''. This beetle species develops on fallen ponderosa pines and Douglas firs. ''T. spiculatus'' is the largest species of wood boring beetle in Colorado. https://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Ergates_spiculatus

Range

The range is within Western

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Ecology

As larvae they eat wood of dead and dying pines, their host plants are mainly ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. They lay eggs in bark crevices of these trees. The larvae bore tunnels through the sapwood and heartwood. They have a life cycle of several years long.

Taxonomy

''Trichocnemis spiculatus'' contains the following subspecies: * ''Trichocnemis spiculatus spiculatus'' * ''Trichocnemis spiculatus neomexicanus''

References

Prioninae Beetles described in 1851 {{Beetle-stub