Drymochares cylindraceus, a rare species of the Iberian Peninsula, has been described as Saphanus cylindraceus from Spain by Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire in 1849 [✧].
The larval development takes place in the underground parts of dead deciduous trees. The beetles are nocturnal, with secretive lifestyle.
| Body length: | ♂♂ 14 - 16 mm / ♀♀ 17 - 23 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 - 3 years |
| Adults in: | June - August |
| Host plant: | Quercus, Pyrenean broom (Cytisus oromediterraneus) [❖] |
| Distribution: | Portugal, Spain |
The depicted mounted beetles was collected in Spain.
[✧]
Fairmaire L.M.H.:
Description de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux d'Europe et de France.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 7 (2): 419-427, 1849.
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Calvo Sanchez F.:
Drymochares cylindraceus (Fairmaire, 1849) en la Península Ibérica: contribución al conocimiento de su biología (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Heteropterus Revista de Entomologia 1 (2): 17-23, 2001.
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Sama G:
Revisione dei generi Saphanus Serville, 1834 e Drymochares Mulsant, 1847 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Saphanini).
Lambillionea 93 (3): 278-294, 1993.
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