Callidium cedri, described by Paul M. Peyerimhoff from Algeria in 1917 [❖], is a rare Maghreb species developing in wood of dying and dead Cedrus atlantica.

Body length:	8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1-2 years
Adults in:	March - May
Host plant:	Cedrus atlantica
Distribution:	Algerie, Morocco

The depicted beetle was reared from dead Cedrus atlantica found in Col du Zad (Morroco) by our friend Pavel Jelínek.

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Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle Paul Marie:
Nouveaux Coléoptères du Nord africain (Vingt-sixième note) : Faune du Cèdre et du Sapin de Numidie.
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 329-332, 1917. [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]