Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: SPONDYLIDINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	10 - 22 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - September
Host plant:	pines (Pinus spp.)
Distribution:	coniferous forests of West Palaearctic region

The beetle in the upper picture was collected and photographed in Brezno village near town Mlada Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) on a stump of a freshly felled pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). The beetle in the lower picture was photographed sitting on a bark of living pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) in Stromovka Park (Prague, Czech Republic)

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
Tribus: Spondylidini Audinet-Serville, 1832
Genus: Spondylis Fabricius 1775
Species: Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758)