Acmaeops (Acmaeops) marginata (Fabricius, 1781)
[= Acmaeops marginatus (Fabricius, 1781) (misspelling)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Acmaeops marginata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Body length:7 - 11 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:coniferous trees (especially Pinus)
Distribution:Europe except South


The living beetle was collected in a relict pine forest near Stará Boleslav town (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The mounted beetles landed on a trunk of a fire damaged standing pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) in Kyjov (North Bohemia).

Collected by M.Rejzek and M.Švarc


Acmaeops marginata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Acmaeops LeConte in Agassiz, 1850
Subgenus: Acmaeops LeConte in Agassiz, 1850
Species: Acmaeops (Acmaeops) marginata (Fabricius, 1781)