Drymochares cylindraceus (Faimaire, 1849)

Subfamilia: SPONDYLIDINAE  /  Tribus: SAPHANINI
Drymochares cylindraceus

[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]

Drymochares cylindraceus, a rare species of the Iberian Peninsula, has been described as Saphanus cylindraceus from Spain by Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire in 1849 [✧]. The larval development takes place in the underground parts of dead deciduous trees. The beetles are nocturnal, with secretive lifestyle.

Body length:♂♂ 14 - 16 mm / ♀♀ 17 - 23 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:June - August
Host plant:Quercus, Pyrenean broom (Cytisus oromediterraneus) [❖]
Distribution:Portugal, Spain


The depicted mounted beetles was collected in Spain.


[✧]
Fairmaire L.M.H.:
Description de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux d'Europe et de France.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 7 (2): 419-427, 1849. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Calvo Sanchez F.:
Drymochares cylindraceus (Fairmaire, 1849) en la Península Ibérica: contribución al conocimiento de su biología (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Heteropterus Revista de Entomologia 1 (2): 17-23, 2001. [download pdf icon]

Sama G:
Revisione dei generi Saphanus Serville, 1834 e Drymochares Mulsant, 1847 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Saphanini).
Lambillionea 93 (3): 278-294, 1993. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaSpondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832
TribusSaphanini Gistel, 1856
GenusDrymochares Mulsant, 1847
SpeciesDrymochares cylindraceus (Faimaire, 1849)