Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1761)

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: ERGATINI

---

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

---

Body length:	23 - 60 mm
Life cycle:	at least 3 years
Adults in:	July - September
Host plant:	coniferous trees, prefers pine (Pinus)
Distribution:	Central and South Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, North Africa

The depicted beetles were found hidden in their emergence holes in a trunk of a dead pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Doksy (Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

---

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

---

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

---

Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Ergatini Fairmaire, 1864
Genus: Ergates Audinet-Serville, 1832
Species: Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1761)