Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817)
[= Nothorhina punctata (Fabricius, 1798)]

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: ASEMINI

Nothorhina muricata
[Photo © M.Hoskovec and P.Jelínek]


Body length:6 - 12 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:solitary pines (Pinus)
Distribution:Europe


The living beetles in the pictures were photographed in locality near Třeboň (South Bohemia, Czech Republic) on bark of a living solitary pine tree (Pinus sylvestris). Excuse us please for low quality of live beetle pictures, but Nothorhina muricata is very fragile, shy and extremely fast running beetle, hidden under bark scales most of the day-time.

Collected by M.Hoskovec and P.Jelínek


Nothorhina muricata
Nothorhina muricata
[Photo © P.Jelínek]


Subfamilia: Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
Tribus: Asemini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Nothorhina Redtenbacher, 1845
Species: Nothorhina muricata (Dalman, 1817)