Hylotrupini
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1- Hylotrupes(House Longhorns)
Hylotrupini is a tribe of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) containing the Hylotrupes. The tribe was long considered , with Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758) as the sole representative until the 2026 description of H. hoskoveci from Cyprus. Members are wood-boring beetles with specialized larval development in woody substrates.
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How to pronounce Hylotrupini: //haɪloʊˈtrupɪnaɪ//
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Taxonomic history
The tribe Hylotrupini was historically treated as at the level. The 2026 description of Hylotrupes hoskoveci from Cyprus established the genus as bitypic.
Notable species
Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758), the house longhorn beetle, is a significant pest of seasoned softwood timber in Europe. Hylotrupes hoskoveci, described in 2026, is known only from Cyprus and was reared from Juglans regia (walnut), representing an unusual broadleaf association for the .