[= Cerambyx noctis Linnaeus, 1767]
[= Stenocorus niger Olivier, 1800]
[= Leptura luctuosa Latreille, 1804]
[= Toxotus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: OXYMIRINI
Oxymirus cursor ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Oxymirus cursor, an Euro-Siberian species widespread from the Pyrenees to Altai (montane in the southern part of its distribution), has been described from "Europa" as Cerambyx cursor by Carl Linné in 1758 [❖]. Larval development in dead wood with high humidity, often already much decayed, in stumps, roots, wood lying on the ground in forests (usually partially buried in the soil), etc. The thickness of the wood is not very important, the moisture content and the location of the wood in the shade are decisive. In prolonged drought the larvae die. The larvae pupate in the soil under or near the wood. The living cycle at least two years. Adults, active from May to August (depending on elevation), can be found on stumps or logs, but also often fly. At dusk they are more active and are attracted to the light. Beetles are very often found in impact pheromone traps for bark beetles. O. cursor does not visit flowers, but during flight often randomly perches on various plants [✧][✳][✮].
Body length: ♂♂ 14 – 20 mm / ♀♀ 17 – 25 mm Life cycle: 2 – 3 years Adults in: May – August Host plant: polyphagous in coniferous (Abies, Picea, Larix, Pinus) and rarely in deciduous trees (Fagus, Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Salix, Quercus, Sorbus) Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
The depicted beetles were photographed in: (♀1) - Kôprová dolina (Podbanské village environs, Hight Tatra Mts., Liptovský Mikuláš district, Žilina region, Slovakia) on June 13, 2020; (♂) - Červená hora Mt. (Bělá pod Pradědem environs, Jeseníky Mts., Jeseník district, Olomouc region, North Moravia) on July 7, 2009; (♀2) - Nižbor environs (Beroun district, Central Bohemia, Czechia) on May 23, 2015.Collected by Daniel Rydzi
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Linné C.:
Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Systema naturae (Editio 10) Laur. Salvius, Holmiae 1: 824pp [page 393], 1758. [download]
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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 189-190], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download[✳]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 71-72], 2014. [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 66-67], 2018. [download
Oxymirus cursor ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Oxymirus cursor ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Oxymirini Danilevsky, 2014 |
| Genus | Oxymirus Mulsant, 1863 |
| Species | Oxymirus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) |