ssp. antilope (Schönherr, 1817)
[= Callidium (hieroglyphicum) Drapiez, 1819]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Xylotrechus antilope, a broadly distributed species of West Palaearctic oaks forests, has been described from Europe as Clytus antilope by Carl Johann Schönherr in 1817 [❖].
In Central Europe is Xylotrechus antilope (nominotypical subspecies) a relatively abundant beetle in oak forests at lower altitudes, in mid-altitudes occurs only in xerothermic locations with residues of acidophilous oak-dominated woodland. Development in deciduous trees with strong preferrence of oak (Quercus ssp.). Larvae feed under the bark and in the dead wood of branches and trunks (see galleries in oak wood). Life-cycle 2 years with pupation in spring in the wood or in the bark. Adults, active from May to August, can be found on oak logs, fallen/felled trees or dead/dying standing host trees [▽].
Body length: 7 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: May - August Host plant: prefers oaks (Quercus spp.), occasionaliy in beech (Fagus sylvatica) and birch (Betula spp.) Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Near East, Iran
The mounted beetles were collected in: ♂ - Pouzdřany environs (Břeclav district, South Moravia, Czechia) on June 18, 1994; ♀ - Jaroslav game reserve near Dobříkov (Ústí nad Orlicí district, Pardubice Region, Eastern Bohemia, Czechia) on July 2, 2006. The depicted living beetle was reared from larva found in a dead oak (Quercus sp.) in Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area (Central Bohemia, Czechia) in winter 2021.Collected by Michal Hoskovec, David Navrátil and Miroslav Polcar
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Schönherr C.J.:
Synonymia insectorum, oder : Versuch einer Synonymie Aller bisher bekannten Insecten ; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum &: c. geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer.
Skara, Lewerentzischen Buchdrükerey 1 (3): 506pp [page 465], 1817 [download]
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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 [page 160-161], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download
[Photo © Milan Lovětínský]
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
The depicted beetles were photographed in Boří les (Valtice environs, Břeclav district, South Moravia, Czechia) on May 26, 2018 and
in Soutok game reserve (Břeclav district, South Moravia, Czechia) on May 10, 2020, respectively.
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860 |
| Subgenus | Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860 |
| Species | Xylotrechus antilope (Schönherr, 1817) |
| Species | Xylotrechus (Xylotrechus) antilope antilope (Schönherr, 1817) |