[= Callidium pygmaeum Fabricius, 1793]
[= Saperda picea Fabricius, 1793]
[= Callidium vini Panzer, 1799]
[= Nothrus fuscus Haldeman, 1847]
[= Gracilia approximata Fairmaire, 1883]
[= Gracilia obliquata Horn, 1885]
[= Gracilia albanica Csiki, 1931]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: GRACILIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Gracilia minuta, one of the smallest European longhorn beetles, has been described from England as Saperda minuta by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1781 [❖]. In Europe it probably originates from the Mediterranean region but now it is spread throughout the continent. Larvae develop in dry thin twigs of numerous broadleaf trees and bushes, rarely of conifers, pupation occurs in wood in spring. Life cycle at least 2 years. Adults, active from April to August, can be found on the host plants. The species is, however, much more frequently collected in houses, emerging from wickerwork (Salix viminalis L.) manufactures [✮][✳].
Body length: 2.5 – 7 mm Life cycle: at least 2 years Adults in: April – August Host plant: broadly polyphagous in trees and shrubs (Castanea, Fagus, Quercus, Betula, Corylus, Carpinus, Ficus, Juglans, Rosa, Rubus, Crataegus, Malus, Sorbus, Prunus, Ceratonia, Citrus, Pistacia, Aesculus, Acer, Euonymus, Frangula, Rhamnus, Salix, Abies, Cedrus, Pinus) Distribution: West Palaearctics
The mounted beetle were reared from larvae found in almond (Amygdalus) twigs collected in Senj environs (Lika-Senj county, Croatia) on May 24, 2014.Collected by David Navrátil
[❖]
Fabricius J.Ch.:
Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus.
Hamburgi et Kilonii: Carol Ernest Bohnii 1: iii-viii + 552pp [page 235], 1781. [download]
[✮]
Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky.
[ Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. ]
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 106-107], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download[✳]
Vitali F.:
Atlas of the Insects of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae.
Ferrantia, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg 79: 1-208 [pages 60-61], 2018. [download
[Photo © Zdeněk Hromádko]
[Photo © Zdeněk Hromádko]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Graciliini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Gracilia Audinet-Serville, 1834 |
| Species | Gracilia minuta (Fabricius, 1781) |