Prioninae

Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Prioninae
Genus: Acanthophorus
Species: serraticollis

Country: India
Province: Orissa
Station: Balasore

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Prionini Latreille, 1802
genus Pseudoprionus Pic, 1898e
bienerti Heyden, 1885c

Pseudoprionus bienerti Heyden, 1885c

Distribution:
ASIA - IN TM

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Callipogonini J. Thomson, 1861
genus Callipogon Audinet-Serville, 1832
relictus Semenov, 1899c

Callipogon relictus Semenov, 1899c

Distribution:
ASIA - FE HEB HEI JIL LIA NC NMO SC SHA SHX

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Ergatini Fairmaire, 1864
genus Ergates Audinet-Serville, 1832
faber faber Linnaeus, 1760

Ergates faber faber Linnaeus, 1760

Distribution:
EUROPE - AL AN AU BE BH BU BY CR CT CZ FR GBi GE GR HU IT LA LT NL PL PT NORTH AFRICA - MO ASIA - AR ?AB GG IQ SY TR SK SL SP ST SV SZ TR UK YU

Body length: 23 - 60 mm
Life cycle: at least 3 years
Adults in: July - September
Host plant: coniferous trees, prefers pine (Pinus)
Distribution: Central and South Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, North Africa

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Eurypodini Gahan, 1906
genus Eurypoda Saunders, 1853
batesi Gahan, 1894b

Eurypoda batesi Gahan, 1894b

Distribution:
ASIA - FUJ GUA GUI GUX HAI HUB HUN JA JIX SC SCH QIN YUN ZHE ORR

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Macrotomini J. Thomson, 1861
genus Macrotoma Audinet-Serville, 1832
palmata Fabricius, 1793

Macrotoma palmata Fabricius, 1793

Distribution:
NORTH AFRICA - AG EG LB MO ASIA - SA YE AFR

Adults of Macrotoma palmata were collected on their host Acacia tortilis near Germa, Fezzan, in Libya by our friend Jean-Claude Ringenbach. As for the species' distribution in North Africa it has previously only been known from Algeria and Egypt. Therefore this record represents a new species for Libya. According to Jean-Claude the species seems to be quite common in convenient habitats in the Messak Plateau. Attacked host trees have also been observed in Wadi Iyadar in the Akakus range.

Body length: 25 - 60 mm
Life cycle: several years
Adults in: May - October
Host plant: Acacia tortilis, Acacia nilotica
Distribution: Algeria, Egypt, Libya

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802
tribe Meroscelisini J. Thomson, 1861
genus Tragosoma Audinet-Serville, 1832
depsarium Linnaeus, 1767

Tragosoma depsarium Linnaeus, 1767

Distribution:
EUROPE - AL AN AU BH BU BY CR CT CZ EN FI FR GE GR IT LA LS LT MC NR NT PL ASIA - ES FE WS SK SL SP ST SV SZ UK YU

These pictures show a female of Tragosoma depsarium (Linnaeus, 1767). Tragosoma depsarium is a Holoarctic species. In the Palaearctics it lives in the coniferous forests of Europe and Siberia. In Europe it reaches the Pyrenees in the SW and the mountain Olympus (Greece) in the SE. In Central Europe, however, it certainly belongs to the rarest longhorn beetle species. Tragosoma depsarium develops in Pinus spp. and sometimes also in Norway spruce (Picea abies). Larvae of Tragosoma depsarium feed primarily in the decaying sapwood of dead, fallen trunks, and occasionally in old stumps (cf. Figures 1 - 3). The development period lasts at least three years. Pupation takes place in the wood and adults appear from the end of June to August (middle of July to August in Central Europe) and are active during the night.

Body length: 16 - 35 mm
Life cycle: > 3 years
Adults in: June - August
Host plant: Pinus, Picea abies
Distribution: Holoarctic species

The beetle in these pictures was reared from a larva collected in a dead fallen trunk of Picea abies.