Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: PRIONINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	18 - 45 mm
Life cycle:	at least 3 years
Adults in:	July - September
Host plant:	polyphagous in rotten wood of deciduous and coniferous trees
Distribution:	forest areas of Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Iran and North Africa

The depicted beetles were collected in Prague - Krč (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by V.Čelikovský.

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Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Prionini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Prionus Geoffroy, 1762
Species: Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758)