Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle)

Interactions where Pyrrhidium sanguineum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within dead bark (under) Major Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdeadbark (under)Major
larva larva feeds within dead surface sapwood (branch) Major Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdeadsurface sapwood (branch)Major
larva larva feeds within dead surface sapwood (stump) Major Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksdeadsurface sapwood (stump)Major
larva larva feeds within dead bark (under) [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadbark (under)
larva larva feeds within dead branch (surface sapwood) [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadbranch (surface sapwood)
larva larva feeds within dead stump (surface sapwood) [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Pyrrhidium sanguineum/Pyrrhidium sanguineumWelsh oak longhorn beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadstump (surface sapwood)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2British Wildlife Vol 19, No 1: 35-43.

Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle)
SubfamilyCERAMBYCINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
FamilyCERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Barnard, P.C. 2024 The association of the parasitoid Xorides filiformis (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the longhorn beetle Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the United Kingdom Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 160: 72-74.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Welsh Oak Longhorn Beetle):

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