| Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Scientific name: Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: French name: Capricorne à étuis dentelés Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae Wingspan : 4 to 6.5 mm. Biotope: The larvae grow in many species of deciduous trees and shrubs in dead twigs. Geographic area: Europe to southern Scandinavia to the north, Caucasus, western Russia to the Urals to the east, Near East, North Africa. Observation period : All year round but especially from April to October. |
Pogonocherus hispidus is a very small longhorn beetle whose elytra apex is extended by a small tooth. The antennae slightly extend beyond the apex of the elytra in both sexes. The basal segment is thickened. The second segment is very short. Segments 3 to 11 are longer and two-coloured, light on the base side and dark on the apex side. The general colour is reddish brown or dark brown. The pronotum, wider than long, has a tooth on each side, towards the middle of the lateral edge. The scutellum is uniformly black. The elytra are broad at the shoulders and taper regularly towards the rear. The anterior part bears a broad, oblique and slightly arcuate whitish hairy band. The posterior part is dark brown. Other species of the same genus with a tooth at the end of the elytra do not have the scutellum uniformly black but with a white line or markings. |
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You can clearly see the tooth at the apex of the elytra and the uniformly black scutellum, we therefore have the Pogonocherus hispidus species. |
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Perhaps the same specimen as one month earlier because observed almost at the same place. |
André Bon February 2024
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