Aegosoma scabricorne (Scopoli, 1763)
[= Megopis scabricornis Scopoli, 1763]

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: AEGOSOMATINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	25 - 52 mm
Life cycle:	at least 3 years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Juglans, Castania, Corylus, Populus, Platanus, Tilia, Malus)
Distribution:	Europe except the North, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Caucasus, Transcaucasia

The depicted mounted beetles were found on a trunk of a dead plane (Platanus orientalis) in Leptokaria (North Greece) at night. The live male beetle was photographed only (protected species in Central Europe) on a living small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) near Malacky (SW Slovakia) at night.

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Aegosomatini Thomson, 1861
Genus: Aegosoma Audinet-Serville, 183
Species: Aegosoma scabricorne (Scopoli, 1763)