Ropalopus (Ropalopus) macropus (Germar, 1824)
[= Rhopalopus macropus (Germar, 1824)]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI
Ropalopus macropus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Ropalopus macropus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:7 - 14 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:April - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Juglans, Quercus etc.)
Distribution:Central / SE Europe, Caucasus, Near East, Turkey, Iran


The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead walnut (Juglans regia) branch in a South Moravian (Czech Republic) locality near Dolní Věstonice village.

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Ropalopus macropus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Callidiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Ropalopus Mulsant, 1839
Subgenus: Ropalopus Mulsant, 1839
Species: Ropalopus (Ropalopus) macropus (Germar, 1824)