Ropalopus macropus (Germar, 1824)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI

Ropalopus macropus - male
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Ropalopus macropus - female
Photo © M.Hoskovec
Body length:7 - 14 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in: April - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Juglans, Quercus etc.)
Distribution:Central / SE Europe, Caucasus, Near East, Turkey, Iran

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead walnut (Juglans regia) branch in a south Moravian (Czech Republic) locality near Dolní Věstonice village.

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Ropalopus macropus - male
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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