Rhagium (Megarhagium) sycophanta (Schrank, 1781)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Rhagium sycophanta
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Rhagium sycophanta
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:15 - 26 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (strongly preferring Quercus)
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus


The depicted living beetle was collected overwintering in a pupal cell under the bark of a dead standing oak (Quercus petraea) in Kohoutov Mt. (Křivoklátsko UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The mounted beetle was reared from larva collected under the bark of a dead standing oak (Quercus robur) in Libice (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Rhagium sycophanta
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Rhagium Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Megarhagium Reitter, 1913
Species: Rhagium (Megarhagium) sycophanta (Schrank, 1781)