Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE / Tribus: SAPHANINI
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]
A rare species of the Iberian Peninsula. The larval development takes place in the underground parts of dead deciduous trees. The beetles are nocturnal, with secretive lifestyle.
Body length: ♂♂ 14 - 16 mm / ♀♀ 17 - 23 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: Quercus, Pyrenean broom (Cytisus oromediterraneus) [❖] Distribution: Portugal, Spain
The depicted mounted beetles were collected by Josef Steinhofer in Salamanca environs (Salamanca province, Castile and León, Spain) in June 2015. Both specimens in the collection of Adam Woźniak.
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Calvo Sanchez F.:
Drymochares cylindraceus (Fairmaire, 1849) en la Península Ibérica: contribución al conocimiento de su biología (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) .
Heteropterus Revista de Entomologia 1 (2): 17-23, 2001. [download]
Sama G:
Revisione dei generi Saphanus Serville, 1834 e Drymochares Mulsant, 1847 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Saphanini).
Lambillionea 93 (3): 278-294, 1993.
Subfamilia: Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
Tribus: Saphanini Gistel, 1856
Genus: Drymochares Mulsant, 1847
Species: Drymochares cylindraceus (Faimaire, 1849)