Stenhomalus bicolor (Kraatz, 1862)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: OBRIINI
Stenhomalus bicolor
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:4 - 6 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees and shrubs (Rhamnus, Euonymus, Juglans etc.)
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Russia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey


The depicted living beetle was beaten from common walnut (Juglans regia) near Perivoli village (SW of Corfu Island, Greece). The mounted specimens were reared from a larvae found in a dead common spindle (Euonymus europaeus) twig collected in Znojmo (South Moravia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Stenhomalus bicolor
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Obriini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Stenhomalus White, 1855
Species: Stenhomalus bicolor (Kraatz, 1862)