Barbels. Callidium

On the trunk and branches of fir trees, you need to look for an old spruce forest with "ancient trees" and on freshly felled large trees they are found, of course, not often and sporadically, but there are chances

So, at the beginning of July of this year, I assembled my first (surprisingly) Palaeocallidium coriaceum in the Uglich district of the Yaroslavl region. It was found exactly in the conditions described by ssacad .

at the beginning of July of this year, I collected my first (surprisingly) Palaeocallidium coriaceum in the Uglich district of the Yaroslavl region.

Here is another barbel from this tribe: Ropalopus macropus Germar, 1824. Many thanks to Alexey Sazhnev and RippeR for their help in determining the species.
The bug was caught in 1ex. 06.06.2001 g. here: Moscow region Balashikha district okr. der. Poltevo, a mixed forest with a predominance of conifers.

Beetle interesting to me last year in the garden a friend caught this

on the" continental " part of the Moscow region, no one has ever caught a beetle.

it is common on any oak twigs, sometimes goes into traps, breaks up on oak branches and leaves, logs and dead trunks. In general, the beetle is quite common, where it is )

smaller in size? 0_o macropus seems to be the smallest. And if it's completely black, and not some one with red legs, then it's definitely him - there are no others.

Andrey, in my case, macropus is (we probably have practically no other species). Brand Black, Length: Approx. 10-12mm. (I didn't measure it exactly).

it looks like the first one is a different view,I'll throw off a photo(of poor quality)

here they
are the second 22 and third 12mm
and the first is in raspberry mowing?what's the little thing?3 pieces caught

size, shape, and sculpture are all obvious )
I would say that they are completely different!

Do Callidium violaceum and Palaeocallidium sogiaceum differ in anything other than color?

coriaceum Kolchuginsky district, Vladimir region

I add to the topic a picture of Callidium violaceum from the Moscow region, quite often found on conifers. Caught: 25.05.2005 (M. O. Lyuberetsky district, okr. der. Torbeevo). Re: By the way, I glue the male to it:

And here is the copy itself to confirm. Yaroslavl region, Uglich district, mixed forest near the YarSU biostation, on a sawn dry spruce, 03.07.2009, Titov V. D. leg.

Duc, on the same page there are photos of these species Just take a look and everything will become clear...

violaceums are occasionally lilac

apparently an aberrant. Photka must be put up without fail!

If I could, I'd put it out! Do I have half of these aberrants ? violaceum.

What's stopping you? Register and put it up for your health! You are welcome!

Everything is easier. I don't have a digital camera yet.