Monochamus (Monochamus) saltuarius (Gebler, 1830)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: LAMIINI
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:11 - 22 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:June - September
Host plant:spruce (Picea)
Distribution:Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine


The depicted beetles were reared from a dead Norway spruce (Picea abies) branch found in Bělečko (East Bohemia, Czechia) and in Žihle environs (West Bohemia, Czechia).

Collected by M. Lovětínský and M.Hoskovec


Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
Monochamus saltuarius
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Lamiini Latreille, 1825
Genus: Monochamus Dejean, 1821
Subgenus: Monochamus Dejean, 1821
Species: Monochamus (Monochamus) saltuarius (Gebler, 1830)