Tetrops praeustus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle)

Interactions where Tetrops praeustus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 branch			ROSACEAE	roses and fruit trees	Rosales	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/	Rosaceae	roses and fruit trees		dead	branch		Major
larva		larva feeds within moribund branch			ROSACEAE	roses and fruit trees	Rosales	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/	Rosaceae	roses and fruit trees		moribund	branch		Major
larva		larva feeds within dead branch			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		dead	branch
larva		larva feeds within moribund branch			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		moribund	branch
larva		larva feeds within dead branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		dead	branch
larva		larva feeds within moribund branch			Malus	apples	Rosales: Rosaceae	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/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/	Malus	apples		moribund	branch
larva		larva feeds within dead branch			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		dead	branch
larva		larva feeds within moribund branch			[Broadleaved trees and shrubs]	broadleaved trees and shrubs		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Tetrops praeustus/	Tetrops praeustus	plum longhorn beetle, plum beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		moribund	branch

Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2	British Wildlife Vol 19, No 1: 35-43.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle)
Subfamily	LAMIINAE (a subfamily of longhorn beetles)
Family	CERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Tetrops praeustus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle)

Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tetrops praeustus (Plum Longhorn Beetle, Plum Beetle):

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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