Callidium aeneum (De Geer, 1775)
ssp. aeneum (De Geer, 1775)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI
Callidium coriaceum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



Body length:8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:oligophagous in conifers (Pinus, Picea, Larix, Abies)
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus


The depicted beetles were reared from a larva found in a dead branch of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) collected in Stará Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Callidium aeneum aeneum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Callidiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Callidium Fabricius, 1775
Species: Callidium aeneum (De Geer, 1775)
Subspecies: Callidium aeneum aeneum (De Geer, 1775)