''Spondylis buprestoides'' is bark and wood-boring
beetle from the genus ''
Spondylis
''Spondylis'' is a genus of beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The ...
''. These beetles are shiny black and have a cylindrical shape and have large mandibles.
Range
According to observations of the species aggregated on
GBIF
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, this beetle can be found in almost all of Europe. They have also been observed in
South Korea and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
[Bates, H. (1873). On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London (4), 12, 380–390. Retrieved from https://biostor.org/reference/71949]
References
Cerambycidae
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