Rhagium (Rhagium) caucasicum Reitter, 1889
ssp. caucasicum Reitter, 1889

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI
Rhagium caucasicum caucasicum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:12 - 18 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciuous trees
Distribution:Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia: South European Territory, Turkey


The depicted beetle was collected on trunk of falled dead Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera) found in the edge of sparse mountain oak forest 3 km West of Lichk (Լիճք,; 2300 m, Syunik Province, South Armenia) on June 7th, 2012.

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Rhagium caucasicum caucasicum
Rhagium caucasicum caucasicum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Rhagium Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Rhagium Fabricius, 1775
Species: Rhagium (Rhagium) caucasicum Reitter, 1889
Subspecies: Rhagium (Megarhagium) caucasicum caucasicum Reitter, 1889