Tetropium castaneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

• Cerambyx castaneus Linné, 1758 = Cerambyx luridus Linné, 1767 = Callidium aulicum Fabricius, 1775 (Illiger, 1805) = Leptura castanea Müller, 1776 = Callidium castaneum Laicharting, 1784 = Callidium curiale Panzer, 1789 = Callidium ruficrus Schrank, 1789 = Callidium fulcratum Fabricius, 1793 (Illiger, 1805) = Callidium impressum Payker, 1800 = Callidium luridum Illiger, 1805 = Criomorphus aulicus m. impressus Mulsant, 1839 = Criomorphus castaneus Mulsant, 1839 = Tetropium castaneum Fairmaire, 1864 (Pic, 1891 ; Aurivillius, 1912 [catalogue] ; Sama, 1975 ; Bijiaoui, 1986 ; Bense, 1995 ; Wang, 2003 ; Sláma, 2006 ; Ohbayashi & Niisato, 2007 ; Allemand et al., 2009) = Tetropium luridum Bates, 1884 = Tetropium gracilicorne Jacobson, 1910 (nec Reitter, 1889) (Mitono, 1941) = Tetropium luridum m. atricorne Pic, 1931 [194].

Distribution

• Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain I., Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Novaya Zemlya, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Serbia, Kosovo, Voivodina, Montenegro, East Palaearctic, Oriental region [194].
• Japan, Kuriles [194].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Body Length: 9-18 mm. [61].

General info about Imago

• A woodcutter with a flattened body. The main, typical form is black with brown elytra and brown or black-brown antennae and legs. The pronotum is shiny, has a thick dotted line on the sides, and a sparse dotted line on the rest of the surface. The eyes are completely divided into two halves. On the head, there is a noticeable longitudinal furrow between the antennae. The elytra are covered with very fine but dense punctuation, have a short and delicate hairline, individuals are rather matte, rarely a little shiny. It is very variable in color: in addition to the typical coloration, there are individuals with brown elytra, but with black antennae and legs; we are talking about a color deviation or aberatio luridum L.; there are also individuals with black elytra, brown antennae and legs - aberatio fulcratum F. and, finally, individuals completely black - aberatio aulicum F. [61].

Imago lifespan

• May-August (depending on geographical location and weather) [61].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Spruce (Picea), Pine (Pinus) [61].

Pupa

• The pupa is free, white, and reaches a length of 10-20 mm. The pupal stage lasts 14 days. [61].

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