Hylotrupes: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Hylotrupes lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hylotrupes bajulus
Group	Beetles
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Cerambycidae

Where does the Hylotrupes live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Hylotrupes in 17 countries and territories across Europe. In Belgium, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Portugal it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Hylotrupes?

The Hylotrupes (Hylotrupes bajulus) is an insect in the order Coleoptera and the family Cerambycidae, genus Hylotrupes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Hylotrupes

Hylotrupes is a monotypic genus of woodboring beetles in the family Cerambycidae, the longhorn beetles. The sole species, Hylotrupes bajulus, is known by several common names, including house longhorn beetle, old house borer, and European house borer. In South Africa it also is known as the Italian beetle due to their introduction to the environment by way of infested packing cases that had originated from Italy. Hylotrupes is the only genus in the tribe Hylotrupini.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hylotrupes (revision 1363113801), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q21121 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).