[= Aromia coreana Fairmaire, 1897]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLICHROMATINI
[Photo © Kirill V. Makarov, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Chloridolum sieversi, a stirking representative of the Callichromini tribe from North-East Asia, has been described from Kangwon province of Korea as Aromia (Chloridolum) Sieversi by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1886 [▽]. The species, inhabiting deciduos forests, is ecologically associated with the Manchurian walnut (Juglans manshurica). Larvae of Ch. sieversi develop in trunks of susceptible trees up to circa 40 cm in diameter. Life-cycle 2 years, adults are active from July to September [✧].
Body length: 9 - 14 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: July - August Host plant: Manchurian walnut (Juglans manshurica) Distribution: Russian Far East, China, Japan, North Korea
The depicted beetle was collected in Sinyi Utes (Синий Утёс) environs (N43°03′44″ E131°21′20″; Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Khasansky district, South of Primorsky krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia) on August 14-17, 2020.Collected by A.Matalin and Kirill V. Makarov
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Ganglbauer L.:
Die Bockkäfer der Halbinsel Korea.
Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, St. Petersbourg 20 (3-4) [1886]: 131-138, 1887. [download]
[✧]
Cherepanov A.I.:
Cerambycidae of Northern Asia, Volume 2 - Cerambycinae Part I.
Amerind Publishing, New Delhi: 304pp [pages 122-127], 1988. [download
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callichromatini Blanchard, 1845 |
| Genus | Chloridolum Thomson, 1864 |
| Subgenus | Chloridolum Thomson, 1864 |
| Species | Chloridolum (Chloridolum) sieversi Ganglbauer, 1886 |