Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: ASEMINI

Arhopalus rusticus rusticus
R [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]


Arhopalus rusticus rusticus is a common species in pine forests of Europe, Asia and North Africa. It also develops in other coniferous tress (Picea, Abies, Larix) but Pinus is preferred. The larvae feed subcortically, later in hardwood of dead hosts. Adults are active during night and can be found on the hosts or sometimes they are attracted to the lights [❖].

A. rusticus rusticus is often misdetermined as A. ferus (Mulsant, 1839), which principally differs from this species in the darker and more oblong body, the pronotum with a single median furrow and the scarcely bilobed metatarsomere III [*].

Body length:♂♂ 10 - 25 mm / ♀♀ 14 - 29 mm
Life cycle:2 (3) years
Adults in:June - October
Host plant:pines (Pinus), rarely in other coniferous trees
Distribution:Algeria, Morocco, almost entire Europe, China, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey


The depicted beetle were photographed: (R) in Ráj crossing environs (Kokořínský důl Nature Reserve, Mělník district, Central Bohemia, Czechia) on June 12, 2016; (P) in Ptačí důl - Ostré (Úštěk environs, Litoměřice district, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechia) on August 7, 2015.

Collected by Daniel Rydzi


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Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 80-81], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download pdf icon]


Arhopalus rusticus-ferus III tarsomeres


[*]
A comparison of male hind tarsi of Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant, 1839)

  • A. rusticus: Third segment of tarsus (metatarsomere III) incised almost to base
  • A. ferus: Third segment of tarsus (metatarsomere III) incised apically to about 1/3-1/2 its total length


[Photo © David Navrátil]


Arhopalus rusticus
R [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]


Arhopalus rusticus
Arhopalus rusticus
P [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]



 
SubfamiliaSpondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
TribusAsemini Thomson, 1860
GenusArhopalus Audinet-Serville, 1834
SpeciesArhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SubspeciesArhopalus rusticus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758)