Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	8 - 16 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	May - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in conifers (Pinus, Picea, Larix, Abies)
Distribution:	Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia

The depicted beetles were collected and photographed on Norway spruce (Picea abies) logs in Zbraslav (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Callidiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Callidium Fabricius, 1775
Species: Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758)