Family Cerambycidae



In Israel, Bodenheimer, 1935 has this to say: In the long-horned (Cerambycidae) the feelers often surpass the body in length. Many species produce a chirping sound by rubbing the pronotum against small depressions in the mesonotum. the large larvae live in the wood or stems of plants, and have round adhering discs from the second breast to the 7th abdominal segment, In place of legs.
The black-brown Cerambyx dux which develops during a period of two years in the stems of almond, apricot trees, vine grapes etc.,is very ommon in the mountains. The sawdust which falls abundantly from the large boring holes indicates the presence of these larvae. The beetles are active mainly during May and June. They oviposit on the rough bark and die. The very similar C. heros and the beautiful red and black coloured Purpuricenus dalmatinus develops in oaks. Very common in the wood of pistacias, robinias, mulberry trees etc., are the large and brown Macrotoma scutellaris, Rhesus serricalis and others. The grey Hesperophanes griseus is abundant in the dry old wood of fig trees. In the spring grey and yellow species of Agapanthia are common on thistles, in which they develop. The blue Cartalum ebulinum, the black-yellow Chlorophus varius, Phytoecia spp. may be found on umbels and other herbs. The brown Hylotrupes bajulus often hatches in the wood of old shutters and other parts of buildings.

Wikipedia says:
The longhorn beetles or long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae) are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by their extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. The family is large, with over 20,000 species described. Several are serious pests, with the larvae boring into wood, where they can cause extensive damage to either living trees or to wood in buildings; the old house borer Hylotrupes bajulus being a particular problem indoors. A number of species mimic ants, bees, and wasps, though a majority of species are cryptically colored. The rare giant long-horned beetle ( Titanus giganteus ) from northeastern South America is often considered the largest (though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs) insect, with a maximum known body length of nearly 17 centimeters.


Subfamily: Aseminae
Species Reference source Collection
Arhopalus tristis (Fabricius, 1787) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Species Reference source Collection
Lygrus longicornis (Pic) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993

Tribe: Achrysonini
Species Reference source Collection
Icosium tomentosum Lucas, 1854 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Callichromatini
Species Reference source Collection
Aromia moschata thoracica Fischer von Waldheim Bytinski-Salz, 1956 Bet Dagan

Tribe: Callidiinae
Species Reference source Collection
Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Ropalopus lederi Ganglbauer, 1882 Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993

Tribe: Cerambycini
Species Reference source Collection
Cerambyx cerdo acuminatus Motschulsky, 1852 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Bet Dagan
Cerambyx dux (Faldermann, 1837) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Cerambyx velutinus Brullé, 1832 Bytinski-Salz, 1956 Bet Dagan
Cerambyx velutinus centurio Czwal. Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Jebusaea hammerschmidti Reiche, 1877 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956 EXTINCT
Chlorophorus madoni Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chlorophorus nivipictus Kraatz, 1879 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chlorophorus sartor (Muller, 1766) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Chlorophorus trifasciatus Fabricius, 1781 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chlorophorus varius (Müller, 1766) Bodenheimer, 1937
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chlorophorus varius damascenus (Chevrolat, 1854) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Chlorophorus yachovi Sama, 1996 Sama, 1996 Bet Dagan
Clytus bytinskii Heyr Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Clytus rhamni Germar, 1817 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Clytus taurusiensis (Pic, 1903) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Plagionotus bobelayi (Brullé, 1832) Bodenheimer, 1937
Plagionotus floralis floralis (Pallas, 1773) Bytinski-Salz, 1956 Bet Dagan
Plagionotus speciosus Adams, 1817 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 Pavlicek et al., 1998
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Craciliini
Species Reference source Collection
Axinopalpis gracilis (Krynicky, 1832) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Penichroa fasciata (Stephens, 1831) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Deilini
Species Reference source Collection
Deilus fugax (Olivier, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Hesperophannini
Species Reference source Collection
Hesperophanes platyfemur Chevrolat, 1882 Chikatunov et al, 1999 Bet Dagan
Hesperophanes sericeus (Fabricius, 1787) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Stromatium fulvum Villers, 1889 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Bet Dagan
Stromatium gilvifrons Mulsant Bet Dagan
Trichoferus cinereus Villers, 1899 Bytinski-Salz, 1956 IMPORTED
Trichoferus fasciculatus (Faldermann, 1837) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993 Bet Dagan
Trichoferus gayi Plavilstshikov, 1921 Bodenheimer, 1937
Trichoferus griseus (Fabricius, 1792) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Hylotrupini
Species Reference source Collection
Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Ropalopus lederi Ganglbauer, 1883 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956

Tribe: Nathriini
Species Reference source Collection
Nathrius brevipennis (Mulsant, 1839) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Halperin, 1990
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Obriini
Species Reference source Collection
Pseudobolivarita negevensis Sama and Orbach, 2003 Sama and Orbach, 2003

Tribe: Phorocanthini
Species Reference source Collection
Phorocantha semipunctata Fabricius, 1775 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Mendel, 1987
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan

Tribe: Purpuricenini
Species Reference source Collection
Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Bet Dagan
Purpuricenus dalmatinus Sturm, 1843 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Purpuricenus dalmatinus hirsutus Plav. 1940 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Purpuricenus desfontainei (Fabricius, 1792) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Purpuricenus desfontainei inhumeralis Pic, 1891 Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967

Tribe: Rosaliini
Species Reference source Collection
Rosalia alpina syriaca Pic, 1901 Bytinski-Salz, 1956

Tribe: Stenhomalini
Species Reference source Collection
Stenhomalus bicolor (Kraatz, 1862) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993

Tribe: Stenopterini
Species Reference source Collection
Lampropterus femoratus (Germar, 1824) Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Stenopterus flavicornis Küster, 1846 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Bet Dagan
Stenopterus rufus syriacus Pic, 1892 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Species Reference source Collection
Agapanthia annularis (Olivier, 1795) Bet Dagan
Agapanthia asphodeli (Latreille, 1804) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Agapanthia boeberi (Fischer, 1806) Bodenheimer, 1937
Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Agapanthia cardui consobrina Chevrolat, 1840 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Agapanthia dahli (Richter, 1821) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Agapanthia frivaldskyi Ganglbauer, 1883 Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Agapanthia kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bet Dagan
Agapanthia lais Reiche, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bet Dagan
Agapanthia lateralis Ganglbauer, 1884 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Agapanthia orbachi Sama, 1993 Sama, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Agapanthia osmanlis Reiche et Saulcy, 1858 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Agapanthia pustulifera Pic, 1905 Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Agapanthia simplicicornis Reitter, 1898 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Degeer, 1775) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Agapanthia violacea (Fabricius, 1775) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bet Dagan
Anaesthetis anatolica Holzschuh, 1969 Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Anaesthetis testacea Fabricius, 1781) Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Apomecyna arabica Brewn Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Batocera rufomaculata De Geer, 1775 Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Calamobius filum (Rossi, 1790) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Coptosia compacta Menetries, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Coptosia ganglbaueri Pic, 1936 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Coptosia nigrosuturata Heyr. Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Crossotus arabicus Gah. Bytinski-Salz, 1954
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Crossotus strigifrons (Fairmaire) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993 Bet Dagan
Crossotus subocellatus (Fairmaire, 1886) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Dorcadion drusum Chevrolat Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Dorcadion caucasicum Kuster Bodenheimer, 1937
Helladia ferrugata (Ganglbauer, 1884) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bet Dagan
Helladia humeralis (Waltl, 1838) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Helladia millefolii (Adams, 1817) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Helladia pontica Ganglbauer, 1884 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Musaria astarte Ganglbauer, 1885 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Neomusaria merkli Ganglbauer, 1884 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Bet Dagan
Oxylia argentata (Menetries, 1832) Bet Dagan
Oxylia duponcheli (Brullé, 1832) Bodenheimer, 1937
Oxylia languida Menetries, 1838 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Pilemia hirsutula Frolich, 1793 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Phytoecia bethseba Reiche et Saulcy Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Phytoecia caerulea (Scopoli, 1772) Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Phytoecia coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Phytoecia croceipes Reiche & Saulcy, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Phytoecia geniculata nazarena Reiche, 1877 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Bet Dagan
Phytoecia hirsutula (Frölich, 1793) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993 Bet Dagan
Phytoecia longicollis Costa Bodenheimer, 1937
Phytoecia manicata Reiche et Saulcy, 1858 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Phytoecia modesta Waltl Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Phytoecia orbicollis Reiche et Saulcy, 1858 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Phytoecia scapulata Mulsant, 1853 Bodenheimer, 1937
Phytoecia virgula (Charpentier, 1825) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Phytoecia vittipennis Reiche, 1877 Bodenheimer, 1937
Phytoecia wachanrui Mulsant, 1851 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bet Dagan
Phytoecia wachanrui jezabel Reiche Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Pogonochaerus perroudi Mulsant Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Stenidea genei (Aragona, 1830) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Subfamily: Lepturinae
Species Reference source Collection
Cartallum ebulinum rufficole (Fabricius, 1781) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Cortodera kochi Pic Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Corymbia benjamini Sama, 1993 Sama, 1993
Grammoptera baudii pistacivora Sama, 1996 Sama, 1996
Leptura cordigera Fuessly, 1775 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Macrotoma scutellaris Germar, 1817 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Notophysis rugosiceps Pic, 1924 Bytinski-Salz, 1954
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Pedostrangalia riccardoi carmelita Sama, 1996 Sama, 1996
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius, 1776) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Rhamnusium graecum Schaufuss, 1862 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenurella septempunctata Fabricius, 1792 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Stictoleptura cordigera (Fuessly, 1775) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Stictoleptura rufa Brullé, 1832 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Vadonia unipunctata Fabricius, 1787 Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Subfamily: Prioninae
Species Reference source Collection
Acanthophorus arabicus (Thomson) Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993 Bet Dagan
Prinobius scutellaris (Germar, 1817) Bodenheimer, 1937
Avidov and Harpaz, 1961
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Bet Dagan
Prionus besikanus Fairmaire, 1855 Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Chikatunov et al, 1999
Bet Dagan
Prionus unipectinatus White, 1853 Bytinski-Salz, 1956 Bet Dagan
Prionus lefebvrei Marsham, 1856 >Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Rhaesus caesariensis Pic >Bodenheimer, 1937
Rhaesus serricollis (Motschulsky, 1838) Bodenheimer, 1937
Bytinski-Salz, 1956
Bytinski-Salz & Sternlicht, 1967
Halperin and Holzschuh, 1993
Bet Dagan
Subfamily: Spondylidinae
Species Reference source Collection
Arhoplaus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Chikatunov et al, 1999
Arhopalus syriacus (Reitter, 1895) Bet Dagan
Arhopalus tristis (Fabricius, 1787) Bytinski-Salz, 1956 Bet Dagan
REJECTED
Rejected as misidentifications by Heyrovsky, 1948
Species Reference source Collection
Agapanthia cynarae (Gyllenhal, 1817) Bodenheimer, 1937 Bet Dagan
Agapanthia irrorata (Fabricius, 1787) Bodenheimer, 1937
Agapanthia mullneri Reitter Bodenheimer, 1937
Aromia moschata ambrosiaca (Steven, 1809) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cerambyx cerdo mirbecki (Lucas, 1842) Bodenheimer, 1937
Cortodera discolor Fairmaire, 1866 Bodenheimer, 1937
Dorcadion forcipiferum Kraatz Bodenheimer, 1937
Helladia flavescens (Brullé, 1832) Bodenheimer, 1937
Leptura ustulata Ménétriés, 1832 Bodenheimer, 1937
Phytoecia nigripes (Voet, 1778) Bodenheimer, 1937
Phytoecia rubropunctata (Goeze, 1777) Bodenheimer, 1937
Prionus angustatus Jakovlev, 1887 Bodenheimer, 1937
Prionus asiaticus Faldermann, 1837 Bodenheimer, 1937
Stenopterus ater Linnaeus, 1767 Bodenheimer, 1937