Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: NECYDALINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838 is a remarkable longhorn beetle species of the West-Palaearctic region. The species is distributed throughout Central and South Europe, and the Caucasus, reaching the Transcaucasian region, and requires old well preserved broad-leaved forests growing in altitudes ranging from 0 to 800 metres above sea level. A paper dealing with larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of some Necydalis species was written by Rejzek and Vlasák [❖]. More detail information about biology of Necydalis ulmi, You can find in Necydalis ulmi - habitat and biology page.
Body length: 18 - 35 mm Life cycle: 3 - 4 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Ulmus, Castanea, Carpinus, Celtis etc.) Distribution: Central and South Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia
The living beetle was found in a hollow trunk of an old living beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in Bezděz Mt. (North Bohemia, Czechia). The mounted beetles vere captured in Vysoké Chvojno environs (East Bohemia, Czechia) on June 22, 2007.Collected by M.Hoskovec and David Navrátil
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Rejzek M. and Vlasák J.:
Larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838.
Biocosme Mésogéen (Nice) 16 (1-2): 55-66, 2000.
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Necydalis ulmi - Eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Greece), July 2015 [Collected & Photo © Adam Woźniak]
Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Necydalini Latreille, 1825
Genus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Species: Necydalis (Necydalis) ulmi Chevrolat, 1838