Xylosteus spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838
ssp. spinolae Frivaldszky, 1838
[= Rhagium rufiventre Germar, 1845 syn. n. (in Sama, 2002)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: XYLOSTEINI

female of Xylosteus spinolae spinolae
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Xylosteus spinolae spinolae
Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:12 - 16 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:April - July
Host plant:mainly in hazel (Corylus avellana)
Distribution:South Austria, North Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania

The depicted beetles were collected in a dead hazel (Corylus avellana) trunk found in Eisenkappel (Karawanken Alpen Mts., South Austria).

Collected by M.Švarc.

female of Xylosteus spinolae spinolae
Photo © M.Hoskovec


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