Subfamilia: NECYDALINAE / Tribus: NECYDALINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Necydalis sirexoides is closely related to Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838 and also both species develop in a very similar way. It means that the larvae feed on a highly fungi-rich substrate present inside hollow living deciduous trees. A paper dealing with larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of some Necydalis species was written by Rejzek and Vlasák [❖].
Body length: 15 - 30 mm Life cycle: 3 - 4 years [?] Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous on deciduous trees Distribution: a species endemic to Iran
The depicted beetle, a female, was reared from a larva collected in a hollow living Carpinus in NE Iran, prov. Khorasan, Golestan forest 45 km NE Minudast.Collected by M.Rejzek
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Rejzek M. and Vlasák J.:
Larval nutrition and female oviposition preferences of Necydalis ulmi Chevrolat, 1838.
Biocosme Mésogéen (Nice) 16 (1-2): 55-66, 2000.
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Necydalinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Necydalini Latreille, 1825
Genus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus: Necydalis Linnaeus, 1758
Species: Necydalis (Necydalis) sirexoides Reitter, 1902