Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLIDIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Callidium cedri, described by Paul M. Peyerimhoff from Algeria in 1917 [❖], is a rare Maghreb mountain species developing in wood of dying and dead Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). Its larval development and biology is similar to other species of the genus Callidium.
Body length: 8 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1-2 years Adults in: March - May Host plant: Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) Distribution: Algerie, Morocco
The depicted beetles were reared from pupae/larvae found in dead Cedrus atlantica branches in: mounted ♂ - Ait-Ouffela environs (2180 m a.s.l., Col du Zad, Middle Atlas Mts., Midelt province, Drâa-Tafilalet region, Morocco) on April 11, 2024; living beetles and mounted ♀ - Mischliffen environs (1830-1950 m a.s.l., Middle Atlas Mts., 10 km E Azrou, Ifrane province, Fès-Meknès region, Morocco) on May 21, 2022 / April 13, 2024.Collected by David Navrátil and Petr Jelínek
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Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle Paul Marie:
Nouveaux Coléoptères du Nord africain (Vingt-sixième note) : Faune du Cèdre et du Sapin de Numidie.
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 329-332, 1917. [download]
Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [downloadTrócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 8 (3): 143-185, 2019 [download
Callidium cedri ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Callidium cedri ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callidiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Callidium Fabricius, 1775 |
| Subgenus | Callidium Fabricius, 1775 |
| Species | Callidium (Callidium) cedri Peyerimhoff, 1917 |