Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer)

Interactions where Hylotrupes bajulus 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 old, seasoned wood PINOPSIDA conifers Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Hylotrupes bajulus/Hylotrupes bajulushouse longhorn beetle, old house borerlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersold, seasonedwood

Author & YearTitleSource
Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2British Wildlife Vol 19, No 1: 35-43.

Hylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer)
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 Hylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer)

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

Hylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hylotrupes bajulus (House Longhorn Beetle, Old House Borer):

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