Pseudovadonia livida is a common Eurasian thermophilic species, widespread from Portugal to western China in six recognized subspecies (in Central Europe is distributed nominative subspecies).
P. livida is Cerambycid with interesting and unusual larval development in humus particles of soil infested by Scotch bonnet mushroom
(Marasmius oreades). Larvae feed on its mycelium and pupate in cocooons in soil. Life-cycle two years.
Adults, active from May to September, are diurnal and anthophilous [❖].
| Body length: | 5 - 9 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years |
| Adults in: | May - September |
| Host plant: | mycelium of Marasmius oreades |
| Distribution: | Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran |
The depicted mounted beetle was collected in Kulmbach environs (Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany) in summer 1972.
Collected by Udo Schmidt
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Vitali F.:
Atlas of the Insects of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae.
Ferrantia, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 79: 1-208 [pages 79-80], 2018.
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