Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
This beautiful species is distributed in Europe, and the West of the European part of the former Soviet Union. Clytus tropicus develops in broadleaf trees, especially in oak (Quercus). Here are shown typical galleries and developmental stages of this species.
Body length: 10 - 20 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Prunus, Pyrus etc.) Distribution: Europe except North, West Russia
The beetles in the pictures were reared from larvae collected under the bark of dead standing oak trunks found in Dobříš and Kutná Hora (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).Collected by M.Hoskovec and Roman Rejzek.
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Clytus Laicharting, 1784
Species: Clytus tropicus (Panzer, 1795)