Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 333 No. 333 |

Phymatodes testaceus (commonly known as the tanbark borer, or the violet tanbark beetle) is a transpalearctic polymorphic species of beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae in the longhorn beetle family.
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->beetles("order: Beetles"):::active
beetles-->longhorn-beetles("family: Longhorn Beetles"):::active
longhorn-beetles-.->black-striped-longhorn-beetle(["species: Black-striped Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->common-grammoptera(["species: common grammoptera"])
longhorn-beetles-.->fairy-ring-longhorn-beetle(["species: Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->red-pine-longhorn-beetle(["species: Red Pine Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->speckled-longhorn-beetle(["species: speckled longhorn beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->spotted-longhorn-beetle(["species: Spotted Longhorn Beetle"])
longhorn-beetles-.->spruce-shortwing-beetle(["species: spruce shortwing beetle"])
longhorn-beetles==>tanbark-borer(["species: Tanbark Borer"]):::active
longhorn-beetles-.->variable-longhorn-beetle(["species: variable longhorn beetle"])
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click red-pine-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/red-pine-longhorn-beetle/"
click speckled-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/speckled-longhorn-beetle/"
click spotted-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/spotted-longhorn-beetle/"
click spruce-shortwing-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/spruce-shortwing-beetle/"
click tanbark-borer href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/tanbark-borer/"
click variable-longhorn-beetle href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/variable-longhorn-beetle/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/"
click longhorn-beetles href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/beetles/longhorn-beetles/"
This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“
Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.



