Saperda (Saperda) carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
[= Anaerea carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © Tamás Németh]

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Body length:	20 - 32 mm
Life cycle:	3 years
Adults in:	June - September
Host plant:	in Central Europe prfers Populus tremula but also in other Populus species, rarely in Salix, Fraxinus or Alnus
Distribution:	Europe, whole Eurasian continental territory of Russian federation, Caucasus, China, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia

The depicted beetles were photographed in Hungary (TN) and in Prague-Kánovice (Central Bohemia, Czechia) on August 3, 2017 (DR).

Collected by Tamás Németh and Daniel Rydzi

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Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 316-317], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download ]

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 122-123], 2018. [download ]

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Subgenus	Saperda Fabricius, 1775
Species	Saperda (Saperda) carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)