Oxymirus mirabilis (Motschulsky, 1838)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: OXYMIRINI

oxymirus mirabilis
Photo © M.Rejzek


Body length:15 - 25 mm
Life cycle:several years
Adults in:May
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees, larvae feed in decaying wood and pupation ooccurs in soil
Distribution:Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Iran, NE Turkey

The depicted beetle was reared from larva collected in decaying wood of Fagus in Alamdeh (p. Mazandaran, N Iran).

Collected by M.Rejzek.


oxymirus mirabilis


oxymirus mirabilis
Photo © M.Rejzek



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