Pachytrachis striolatus (Fieber, 1853)


Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Male (e.l. rearing, Croatia, Istria, Ucka, larva in mid-July 2016) [S] Pachytrachis striolatus: Male, in contrast to P. frater the cerci are only weakly curved (e.l. rearing, Croatia, Istria, Ucka, larva in mid-July 2016) [S] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female larva (Croatia, Istria, Ucka, mid-July 2016) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Female larva (Croatia, Istria, Ucka, mid-July 2016) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Habitat (Croatia, SE of Makarska, southern margin of Biokovo National Park, mid-October 2015) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Habitat in the Ucka mountains (Croatia, Istria, July 2016) [N] Pachytrachis striolatus: Habitat in the Ucka mountains (Croatia, Istria, July 2016) [N]

Habitat:
Pachytrachis striolatus inhabits bushy, dry and warm and often rocky places. I observed this species in a rocky and grassy, open Quercus pubescens woodland southeast of Makarska in Croatia.

Life cycle:
Adults usually occur between July and October.

Endangerment factors:
Locally Pachytrachis striolatus is endangered by abandonment of traditional grazing and subsequent reforestation.

Remarks:
Pachytrachis striolatus occurs from S-Switzerland (S-Ticino) across NE-Italy and Istria at least to Albania.



Pachytrachis frater | Pachytrachis gracilis