Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLIDIINI
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
Phymatodes testaceus is a common and widespread Eurasian longhorn beetle occurring in deciduous forests of all types, log and unbarked lumber warehouses, as well as in house firewood. Development under/in the bark of freshly and also long-dead deciduous trees. Pupation in a hook-shape pupal cell in wood, rarely under the bark or in the bark. P. testaceus attacks branches and trunks of any diameter. Stored dry wood with bark attacks for many years in a row. Life cycle two years, according to some sources even one year. Species overwinters as a larva, adults occur from late May to July, rarely in August, with peak in the first half of June. Crepuscular and noctural species, often attracted by light. During the day, the beetles are hidden in crevices, under wood, under detached bark, etc., they do not visit flowers.
Body length: 6 - 18 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees, but prefers oak (Quercus) Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
Mounted beetles: The depicted male was collected on an oak log near Zbečno (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) and the female was attracted to light in Karadut village (Nemrut Dagi National Park, Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey).The depicted living beetle was reared from larva found in a dead oak (Quercus sp.) in Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area (Central Bohemia, Czechia)
Collected by Miroslav Polcar and M. Hoskovec
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Callidiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839
Subgenus: Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839
Species: Phymatodes (Phymatodes) testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)