Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: ANAGLYPTINI
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Anaglyptus gibbosus, a beautiful thermophilous West Mediterranean species, has been described from Kiel (Germany) as Callidium gibbosum by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1787 [❖]. A. gibbosus is polyphagous in deciduous tree (Quercus, Acer, Ficus, Paliurus, Crataegus, Ilex, Prunus etc.). A. gibbosus larvae feed in dry, hard wood with no signs of decay. Pupation in late autumn and adults overwinter in the pupal cells and emerge early in the following spring. Life cycle of at least 2 years. Adults, active from April to June, are diurnal and anthophilous.
Body length: 9 – 18 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: April – June Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Acer, Ficus, Paliurus, Crataegus, Ilex, Prunus etc.) Distribution: Croatia, France, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂A+♀ – Aiguines village environs (Flayosc canton, Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France) on June 21 - July 11, 2011; ♂B – Bandite di Scarlino Nature Reserve (Grosseto province, Tuscany, Italy) on May 19, 2007.Collected by Jean Bidault and Marco Bastianini
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Fabricius J.C.:
Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Proft, Hafniae, 1: 348pp [page 156], 1787. [download]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Anaglyptus Mulsant, 1839 |
| Subgenus | Anaglyptus Mulsant, 1839 |
| Species | Anaglyptus (Anaglyptus) gibbosus (Fabricius, 1787) |