Callipogon relictus

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Callipogon relictus
Callipogon relictus

Callipogon relictus

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Family : Longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae)
Subfamily : Broadbuck (Prioninae)
Genre : Callipogon
Type : Callipogon relictus
Scientific name
Callipogon relictus
( Semenov , 1898)

Callipogon relictus is a beetle species and belongs to the family of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).

features

The beetles are 58 to 108 millimeters long. The large, pincer-like mandibles , which are reminiscent of those of the stag beetles (Lucanidae), are striking .

distribution

Callipogon relictus is the only representative of its genus in the Far East . It occurs in eastern Siberia , northeast China and in North and South Korea .

Way of life

The female lays more than 20 eggs on the bark of trees such as the Japanese chestnut oak ( Quercus acutissima ), the Siberian elm ( Ulmus pumila ) or Carpinus laxiflora .

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. AI Tscherepanow: Усачи Северной Азии (Prioninae, Disteniinae, Lepturinae, Aseminae). Наука, pp. 48–51, Novosibirsk 1979
  2. Robert Perger: callipogon relictus. In: Coleop-Terra Catalog. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011 ; accessed on March 1, 2013 .
  3. Quercus acutissima (PDF; 1.5 MB) in: Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: Invasive Plants Established in the United States that are Found in Asia and Their Associated Natural Enemies. Volume 2, pp. 66-86, United States Department of Agriculture, March 2006, p. 70
  4. Ulmus pumila (PDF; 863 kB) in: Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: Invasive Plants Established in the United States that are Found in Asia and Their Associated Natural Enemies. Volume 2, pp. 139-150, United States Department of Agriculture, March 2006, p. 142
  5. ^ BK Byun et al .: Occurrence of Callipogon relictus Semenov (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Gwangneung Forest, Korea with Suggestions for the Conservation. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology, 46, 1, pp. 19-25, 2007 (Korean) Abstract (English)

literature

  • Andrei Semjonow: Callipogon (Eoxenus) relictus sp. n., representative of the neotropical genus of the cerambycids in the Russian fauna. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Ross., 32, pp. 562-580, 1898

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