Necydalis (Necydalis) sirexoides Reitter, 1902

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: NECYDALINI

Necydalis sirexoides
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Necydalis sirexoides is closely related to Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838 and also both species develop in a very similar way. It means that the larvae feed on a highly fungi-rich substrate present inside hollow living deciduous trees. A paper dealing with larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of some Necydalis species was written by Rejzek and Vlasák [❖].

Body length:15 - 30 mm
Life cycle:3 - 4 years [?]
Adults in:June - August
Host plant:polyphagous on deciduous trees
Distribution:a species endemic to Iran


The depicted beetle, a female, was reared from a larva collected in a hollow living Carpinus in NE Iran, prov. Khorasan, Golestan forest 45 km NE Minudast.

Collected by M.Rejzek


[❖]
Rejzek M. and Vlasák J.:
Larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838.
Biocosme Mésogéen (Nice) 16 (1-2): 55-66, 2000.


Necydalis sirexoides
Necydalis sirexoides
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Necydalini Latreille, 1825
Genus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Species: Necydalis (Necydalis) sirexoides Reitter, 1902