Phymatodes nitidus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Phymatodes |
| Species: | P. nitidus
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| Phymatodes nitidus LeConte, 1874
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Phymatodes nitidus is a species of longhorn beetle. It lays its eggs on the surface of giant sequoia and coast redwood cones, into which the larvae then burrow.
References
- Thomas, H.H.; Shellhammer, H.S.; and Stecker, R.E. (1980). Giant sequoia ecology. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Scientific Monograph Series 12. Washington, DC. 182 p.