Isotomus speciosus (Schneider, 1787)
ssp. speciosus (Schneider, 1787)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♂+♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
ssp. speciosus (Schneider, 1787)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI

Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
A very nice and broadly distributed taxon (Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia). However, in Central Europe it is becoming rare due to the destruction of its natural habitats. It develops in the dead, dry wood of deciduous trees (Carpinus, Quercus, Castanea, Fagus, Ulmus, Acer). In our climate it prefers hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).
Body length: 10 - 22 mm Life cycle: at least 2 years Adults in: June - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees Distribution: Europe except North, Caucasus, Transcaucasia
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in dead hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in Kančí obora (Břeclav environs, South Moravia, Czechia) in June 2017.Collected by Daniel Rydzi

Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]



Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]


Isotomus speciosus speciosus ♂+♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
Genus | Isotomus Mulsant, 1863 |
Species | Isotomus speciosus (Schneider, 1787) |
Subspecies | Isotomus speciosus speciosus (Schneider, 1787) |