[= Rhaesus persicus (Motschulsky, 1875)]
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: REMPHANINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Body length: ♂ 30 - 40 mm / ♀ 30 - 60 mm Life cycle: 3 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Platanus, Quercus, Fagus, Juglans) Distribution: Iran, Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Syria, Turkey, Serbia, Cyprus, Caucasus
The depicted mounted beetles were capured in Golestan Forest National Park (Golestan province, Iran) on June 16, 2015. The depicted living male was found on eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Greece, July 2016). Living female was reared from larva found in Dali (Kakheti region of Georgia, June 2018). The species' habitat and larva depicted in dedicated page.Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki and Adam Woźniak
Rhaesus serricollis ♀ [Photo © Adam Woźniak]
Rhaesus serricollis ♂ [Photo © Adam Woźniak]
Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Remphanini Lacordaire, 1869
Genus: Rhaesus Motschulsky, 1875
Species: Rhaesus serricollis (Motschulsky, 1838)