Anisarthron barbipes (Schrank, 1781)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: ANISARTHRINI

Anisarthron barbipes
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Body length:6 - 11 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees
Distribution:Central Europe, up to Northern Italy and North of Balcan Peninsula


The mounted beetles were found sitting on a dead wood of a wounded living beech (Fagus sylvestris) near Zbečno (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The living female was collected on maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) in Nymburk (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Anisarthron barbipes
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Anisarthron barbipes
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
Tribus: Anisarthrini Mamaev & Danilevsky, 1973
Genus: Anisarthron Dejean, 1835
Species: Anisarthron barbipes (Schrank, 1781)