[= Callidium Nogeli Frivaldszky, 1845]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Calchaenesthes oblongomaculata, a beautiful and relatively rare East-Mediterranean species, has been described from Greece as Callidium oblongo-maculatum by Félix Edouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844 [▽]. Larva ldevelopment in living twigs of the kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) and probably also other Quercus species.
Body length: 8 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - June Host plant: oaks (Quercus spp.) Distribution: Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Jordan, Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected on Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) in Katafigio Agrias Zois Kampos (Καταφύγιο Άγριας Ζωής Κάμπος) park (Karyes environs, Sparta municipality, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 28, 2021 / May 4, 2023.Collected by Daniel Rydzi
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Guérin-Méneville F.E.:
Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la Science.
Insectes, J. B. Baillère, Paris 7: i-iv + 5-576, 1844. [download]
Özdikmen H., Aytar F., Cihan N., Şamlı N., Özbek H., and Kaya G.:
A synopsis of Palearctic genus Calchaenesthes Kraatz, 1863 with a new species of C. primis sp. n. from Turkey (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal 8 (1): 148-153, 2013. [download
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Trachyderini Dupont, 1836 |
| Genus | Calchaenesthes Kraatz, 1863 |
| Species | Calchaenesthes oblongomaculata (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) |