Photo © M.Hoskovec

Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - August
Host plant:	mainly in coniferous trees (Pinus, Picea, Abies), reported from oak (Quercus)
Distribution:	Europe, Russia, Asia Minor

The mounted beetles were reared from larvae found under bark of a fallen Norway spruce (Picea abies). The larvae were collected near Hradec Králové (East Bohemia, Czech Republic).

The depicted living beetle was collected and photographed [22.VII.1999] in Kláštorisko (NE Slovakia) on a trunk of a freshly felled pine tree (Pinus sylvestris).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.