Oxymirus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
[= Toxotus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI
Oxymirus cursor
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Body length:15 - 25 mm
Life cycle:3 years
Adults in:May - August
Host plant:polyphagous in coniferous and deciduous trees (in dead decaying moist wood)
Distribution:Europe, Russia


Them mounted couple was captured sitting on vegetation in Vuznice Valley (Nižbor, Central Bohemia). The depicted beetle living was captured on the wing in Jindřichův Hradec.

Collected by by M.Hoskovec and by our friend Milan Pažitka


Oxymirus cursor
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Oxymirus cursor
Oxymirus cursor
[Photo © P.Jelínek]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Oxymirus Mulsant, 1863
Species: Oxymirus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)