Spondylis buprestoides is bark and wood-boring beetle from the genus Spondylis. These beetles are shiny black and have a cylindrical shape and have large mandibles.Miquel, M. E. (Marc M. A. U. (2004). Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus 1758) (Col.: Cerambycidae) found near a timber merchant in the Orpington area (Kent). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation, 116(5), 233–234. Retrieved from https://biostor.org/reference/185700
Range According to observations of the species aggregated on GBIF, this beetle can be found in almost all of Europe. They have also been observed in South Korea and Japan.Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-10-11.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
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