Rhamnusium algericum, a rare Maghrebian species, has been described from Akfadou environs (North Algeria) by Maurice Pic in 1896 [❖].
R. algericum has a biology similar to Rhamnusium bicolor (Schrank, 1781),
the development of larvae has been recorded in Populus, Quercus, and Acer [✧].
| Body length: | 20 - 32 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 - 3 years |
| Adults in: | May - June |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees (Populus, Quercus, Acer) |
| Distribution: | Algeria, Tunisia |
Thed depicted mounted specimen was collected in Tunisia.
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Pic M.:
Diagnoses de Coléoptères d'Algérie.
Revue de Sciences du Bourbonnais et du Centre de la France 9: 101-103, 1896.
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Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 4 (1): 43-64, 1987.
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