Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838
[= Xylosteus spinolae spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Xylosteus spinolae
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Body length:12 - 16 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:April - July
Host plant:mainly in hazel (Corylus avellana)
Distribution:South Austria, North Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania


The depicted beetles were collected in a dead hazel (Corylus avellana) trunk found in Eisenkappel (Karawanken Alpen Mts., South Austria).

Collected by M.Švarc


Xylosteus spinolae
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Xylosteus spinolae
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Xylosteini Reitter, 1913
Genus: Xylosteus Frivaldsky, 1838
Species: Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838