Photo © M.Hoskovec

This species develops under the bark of dead trunks of a variety of deciduous trees creating a pupal cell directly under the bark. Quercus is frequently the preferred host.

Body length:	10 - 17 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	April - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Castanea, Carpinus, Juglans, Tilia, Corylus, Ulmus, Prunus etc.)
Distribution:	Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan

The depicted beetles were found on a dead walnut (Juglans regia) in Perivoli (Corfu Island, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

Photo © M.Hoskovec