Cerambyx (Microcerambyx) multiplicatus Motschulsky, 1857

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CERAMBYCINI
Cerambyx multiplicatus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Cerambyx multiplicatus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:17 - 26 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:oaks (Quercus spp.)
Distribution:Azerbaidjan, North Iran


The mounted female beetle was found whilst sitting on trunk of living Quercus in NE Iran, prov. Khorasan, Golestan forest 55 km NE Minudast in the late afternoon. The living male hatched from a larva collected in a Quercus sp. in the same locality.

Collected by M.Rejzek


Cerambyx multiplicatus
Cerambyx multiplicatus
Cerambyx multiplicatus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Cerambycini Latreille, 1804
Genus: Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus: Microcerambyx Mikśić et Georgijević, 1973
Species: Cerambyx (Microcerambyx) multiplicatus Motschulsky, 1857