// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Phymatodes nitidus say? "I'm a little 'drill'ed

Phymatodes nitidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Cerambycidae
Genus:	Phymatodes
Species:	P. nitidus
Binomial name
	Phymatodes nitidus; LeConte, 1874

Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It occurs in the west coast of North America, from southern California to British Columbia.^[1]^[2]

Phymatodes nitidus lays its eggs on the surface of giant sequoia and coast redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow.^[3]

References

↑ "Species Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
↑ "Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
↑ Harvey, H. Thomas; Shellhammer, Howard S.; Stecker, Ronald E. (1980). Giant Sequoia Ecology: Fire and Reproduction. Scientific Monograph Series. Vol. 12. Washington, DC: U.S. National Park Service.

This Callidiini article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[BugGuide-1] "Species Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[GBIF-2] "Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[Thomas_et_al._1980-3] Harvey, H. Thomas; Shellhammer, Howard S.; Stecker, Ronald E. (1980). Giant Sequoia Ecology: Fire and Reproduction. Scientific Monograph Series. Vol. 12. Washington, DC: U.S. National Park Service.

[1]

[2]

[3]