Endangered Six Banded Longhorn in Oklahoma

Subject:  Is this a six-banded longhorn beetle?
Geographic location of the bug:  Harrison, OH
Date: 07/11/2021
Time: 11:26 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  This was in our house and I think I found it to be a six-banded longhorn beetle. Are they endangered?
How you want your letter signed:  Joy McCombs

Six Banded Longhorn

Dear Joy,
This is indeed a Six Banded Longhorn, Dryobius sexnotatus, and BugGuide has reports from Oklahoma.  According to BugGuide:  “Uncommon/rare; widely scattered, populations are sparse; listed as rare or threatened by several states, e.g. considered a SGCN by AR, LA, and VA
Dury (1902) noted that D. sexnotatus was once abundant but was even then becoming rare.
Perry et al. (1974) noted a sharp decline in the collection since 1942.“

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