Rhagium (Megarhagium) mordax (De Geer, 1775)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Rhagium mordax
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Rhagium mordax
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:13 - 23 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Quercus, Castanea, Betula, Populus, Acer etc.)
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus


The depicted living beetle was beaten from blossoming hawhorn (Crataegus) in Velký Osek (Central Bohemia, Czechia). The mounted beetle was collected on a beech (Fagus sylvatica) log in Zbraslav (Prague, Central Bohemia, Czechia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Rhagium mordax
Rhagium mordax
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Rhagium Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Megarhagium Reitter, 1913
Species: Rhagium (Megarhagium) mordax (De Geer, 1775)