Acanthocinus aedilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: ACANTHOCININI

Acanthocinus aedilis - male Acanthocinus aedilis - female
Photo © J.Kindl


Body length:12 - 20 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:March - September
Host plant:pines (Pinus), rarely in other coniferous trees
Distribution:Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

The depicted beetles were collected in Stará Boleslav (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic) on a stump of a freshly felled pine tree (Pinus sylvestris).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


Acanthocinus aedilis
Photo © M.Hoskovec



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