Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Violet Longhorn Beetle)

Interactions where Callidium violaceum 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 surface sapwood wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	surface sapwood wood		Rare
larva		larva feeds within moribund surface sapwood wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		moribund	surface sapwood wood		Rare
larva		larva feeds within moribund 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/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		moribund	bark (under)		Rare
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/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	bark (under)		Rare
larva		larva feeds within dead surface sapwood wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead	surface sapwood wood
larva		larva feeds within moribund surface sapwood wood			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		moribund	surface sapwood wood
larva		larva feeds within moribund bark (under)			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		moribund	bark (under)
larva		larva feeds within dead bark (under)			PINOPSIDA	conifers		Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 2, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Callidium violaceum/	Callidium violaceum	violet longhorn beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		dead	bark (under)

Callidium violaceum (Violet Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Callidium violaceum (Violet Longhorn Beetle)
Subfamily	CERAMBYCINAE (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)

Callidium violaceum is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Callidium violaceum (Violet Longhorn Beetle)

Identification Works

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

Callidium violaceum (Violet Longhorn Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCINAE
(a subfamily of longhorn beetles)

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 Callidium violaceum (Violet Longhorn Beetle):

CERAMBYCINAE
(a subfamily of longhorn beetles)

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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