Rhamnusium bicolor (Schrank, 1781)
[= Rhagium gracilicorne Théry, 1894]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAMNUSIINI

male of Rhamnusium  bicolor
Photo © M.Hoskovec


Body length:12 - 24 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees (Populus, Aesculus, Ulmus, Fagus)
Distribution:Europe except North

The beetles in the pictures (male in the upper and female in the lower one) were collected in a hollow trunk of a living horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Roztoky u Prahy village (Central Bohemia, Czech Republic).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.


female of Rhamnusium  bicolor

Photo © M.Hoskovec



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