Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: RHAGIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Rhagium fasciculatum has been described from Transcaucasia by Franz Faldermann in 1837 [❖].
Body length: 10 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: May - June Host plant: polyphagous on conifers and deciduous trees Distribution: Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Turkey
The living specimen was collected and photographed by P.Jelínek in Norio (ნორიო) environs (Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia) in May 2016. The depicted mounted beetle was collected by M.Rejze in Cankurtaran Gecidi E Hopa (NE Turkey). The mounted male beetle was collected by M.Harnych in Timotesubani monastery (ტიმოთესუბანი) environs (1200 m a.s.l., Borjomi district, Samtskhe–Javakheti region, Georgia) on May 27-28, 2018. The mounted female was captured by S.Dementyev in Nizhnyi Arkhyz village environs (700 m a.s.l., Zelenchuksky district, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia) on June 14, 2010.
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Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5 (2): 1-433 [pages 304-305], 1837. [download]
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Rhagium Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus: Megarhagium Reitter, 1913
Species: Rhagium (Megarhagium) fasciculatum Faldermann, 1837