Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Tanner Beetle, Sawyer Beetle)

Interactions where Prionus coriarius 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 root			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		dead	root
larva		larva feeds within moribund root			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		moribund	root
larva		larva feeds within dead root			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech		dead	root
larva		larva feeds within moribund root			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech		moribund	root
larva		larva feeds within dead root			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	root
larva		larva feeds within moribund root			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		moribund	root
larva		larva feeds within dead root			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		dead	root
larva		larva feeds within moribund root			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		moribund	root
larva		larva feeds within dead root			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		dead	root
larva		larva feeds within moribund root			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1, Duff, A. (Illust: Lewington, R.), 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines		moribund	root

Interactions where Prionus coriarius is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part		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	Summary
		is endoparasitised by larva			Sarcophaga aratrix	a flesh fly	Diptera: Sarcophagidae	Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Sarcophaga aratrix/	Sarcophaga aratrix	a flesh fly				larva	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cerambycidae/Prionus coriarius/	Prionus coriarius	tanner beetle, sawyer beetle								larva endoparasitises

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.), 2006	Identification - Longhorn Beetles: Part 1	British Wildlife Vol 18, No 6: 406-414.
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954	Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CERAMBYCIDAE
(longhorn beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer Beetle) may also 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)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer Beetle)
Subfamily	PRIONINAE (sawyer beetles)
Family	CERAMBYCIDAE (longhorn beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial 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)

Prionus coriarius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer Beetle)

Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer 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 Prionus coriarius (Tanner Beetle, Sawyer 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)

BioImages

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