Monochamus (Monochamus) saltuarius (Gebler, 1830)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: LAMIINI
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:11 - 22 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:June - September
Host plant:spruce (Picea)
Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine


The depicted beetles were reared from a dead Norway spruce (Picea abies) branch found in Bělečko (East Bohemia, Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Lamiini Latreille, 1825
Genus: Monochamus Dejean, 1821
Subgenus: Monochamus Dejean, 1821
Species: Monochamus (Monochamus) saltuarius (Gebler, 1830)