Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Chlorophorus ruficornis, a species known from xerothermic oak forests of South-West Europe (France, Portugal, Spain), has been described from Provence (France) as Callidium ruficorne by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1790 [▽]. Larval development in dead wood of several oak species [✧]. Adults, active from May to July, are diurnal and anthophilous.
Body length: 6 - 11 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: oaks (Quercus spp.) Distribution: France, Portugal, Spain
The depicted beetles were collected in Lozoya environs (Community of Madrid, Spain) on July 2, 2024.Collected by our friend Daniel Rydzi
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Olivier G.-A.:
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes.
Panckoucke Libraire, Paris 5 (1): 368pp, 1790.[✧]
Gallardo P., Cardenas A.M.:
Long-term monitoring of saproxylic beetles from Mediterranean oak forests: an approach to the larval biology of the most representative species.
Journal of Insect Conservation 20 (6): 999-1009, 2016. [download]
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 |
| Species | Chlorophorus ruficornis (Olivier, 1790) |