Forum Entomologi Italiani

Today I will tell you about my meetings with Callidium (Palaeocallidium) coriaceum PAYKULL, 1800

This species is uncommon meet. It occurs in forests with a high proportion of spruce. I find it on the wood, which is still bark. Imagines the lowlands there in June, and in the mountains in June and July.
Beetles of this species occur in interesting color variations.

Callidium (Palaeocallidium) coriaceum:
1. Polska, Puszcza Białowieska - Hajnówka, 14 VI 2003, 8 exx., leg., det. A. Woźniak
2. Polska, Puszcza Białowieska, 15 VI 2005, 12 exx., leg., det. A. Woźniak
3. Polska, Bieszczady - Duszatyn, 28-31 VI 2008, 9 exx., leg., det. A. woźniak
4. Slovakia, Podbanskie, 11 VII 2011, 1 ex., leg., det. A. Woźniak

Very interesting exx... i found only 2 times in italian Alps. One day one single specimen and one time i was very lucky to found around 17 exx. walking and mating in a little pile of wood. It was middle july and around 14 o clock and sun was warming the wood! When shadows has back beetles desappeared.
A curiosity: the day I was looking at a pile of wood where, on the one hand, there were the local farmers who were taking the wood and were milling to make chips and the other side I was there that I collected insects !!!!
if I got there the next day I would not find anything...

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Marci
"S'i fosse fuoco, arderei 'l mondo,
S'i fosse vento, lo tempesterei,
S'i fosse acqua, i' l'annegherei
s'i fosse dio, mandereil' en profondo" ( Cecco Angiolieri).

I confirm your observations, Marci. C. (P.) coriaceum I met in a similar environment.
On the outskirts of the Bialowieza Forest, in the town of Hajnówka, this species I met on the composition of spruce wood imported from the forest. And in the village Bialowieza I watched it on the new fence made from spruce wood. Beetles were active during the day, while nice, sunny weather.