Callidium (Callidium) cedri Peyerimhoff, 1917
habitat & biology

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) forests in Mischliffen environs (1850-1950 m a.s.l., Middle Atlas Mts., 10 km E Azrou, Ifrane province, Fès-Meknès region, Morocco) - a habitat of rare Callidium cedri Peyerimhoff, 1917.

C. cedri larval development takes place under the bark of dead or dying cedars, where the larvae bore a typical wide flat galleries. Before the pupation, larva bore into the wood the hook-shape pupal cell.

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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The trunk of a young dead Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) attacked by Callidium cedri. Exit holes and larval galleries are well visible.

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Freshly emerged Callidium cedri specimens on infested cedar wood with larval galleries.

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