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Hylotrupes

Hylotrupes bajulus (Linné, 1758)

Status not recordedbeetles

Hylotrupes (Hylotrupes bajulus) is a beetle in the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae and tribe Hylotrupini, within the order Coleoptera. Its other English names are house longhorn, old house borer, old-house borer, European house-borer and house longhorn beetle.

Quick facts about the hylotrupes

The species was named by (Linné, 1758) and is a living, not extinct, species according to the Catalogue of Life. Checklists record it in countries including Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Weight
Not recorded
Length
7 mm – 2.1 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
60 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the hylotrupes?

HYLOTRUPES · LENGTH 2.1 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.1 cm, the recorded maximum length of the hylotrupes is about 1.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Photos of the hylotrupes

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Where does the hylotrupes live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The hylotrupes is listed for 60 countries.

CanadaPapua New GuineaArgentinaChileRussiaNorwaySouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilFranceSierra LeoneIsraelLebanonMadagascarAlgeriaIraqIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaNew ZealandAustraliaChinaItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanGeorgiaFinlandSlovakiaJapanMoroccoEgyptLibyaBosnia and Herz.Macedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Argentina
  4. Armenia
  5. Australia
  6. Austria
  7. Azerbaijan
  8. Belgium
  9. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  10. Brazil
  11. Bulgaria
  12. Canada
  13. Cape Verde
  14. Chile
  15. China
  16. Croatia
  17. Denmark
  18. Egypt
  19. Estonia
  20. Finland
  21. France
  22. Georgia
  23. Germany
  24. Greece
  25. Hungary
  26. Iran
  27. Iraq
  28. Israel
  29. Italy
  30. Japan
  31. Lebanon
  32. Libya
  33. Lithuania
  34. Luxembourg
  35. Madagascar
  36. Malta
  37. Mexico
  38. Moldova
  39. Morocco
  40. Netherlands
Show 20 more countries
  1. New Caledonia
  2. New Zealand
  3. North Macedonia
  4. Norway
  5. Papua New Guinea
  6. Poland
  7. Portugal
  8. Romania
  9. Russia
  10. Sierra Leone
  11. Slovakia
  12. South Africa
  13. Spain
  14. Sweden
  15. Switzerland
  16. Syria
  17. Türkiye
  18. Ukraine
  19. United Kingdom
  20. Uruguay

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: TITAN (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the hylotrupes?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Hylotrupes” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hylotrupes&oldid=1363113801), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the hylotrupes endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hylotrupes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusHylotrupes
  7. SpeciesHylotrupes bajulus (Linné, 1758)

Synonyms Callidium affine, Callidium asaemoides, Callidium baiulus, Callidium baiulus, Callidium bajulus, Callidium bajulus, Callidium bajulus, Callidium bajulus, Callidium linneianum, Callidium puellum, Cerambyx bajulus, Cerambyx bajulus, Cerambyx bajulus, Cerambyx caudatus, Cerambyx didymus, Cerambyx latithorax, Cerambyx rusticus, Cerambyx scutifer, Cerambyx similis, Genus asaemoides, Hylotrupes baiulus, Hylotrupes baiulus var. bullatus, Hylotrupes bajalus, Hylotrupes bajula, Hylotrupes bajulus bullatus, Hylotrupes bajulus puellus, Hylotrupes bajulus var. bullatus, Hylotrupes bajulus var. lividus, Hylotrupes bajulus var. syriacus, Hylotrupes bajulus var. theresae, Hylotrupes bayulus, Hylotrupes bullatus, Hylotrupes caudata, Hylotrupes inaequalis, Hylotrupes incertus, Hylotrupes koziorowiczi, Hylotrupes latus, Hylotrupes linneiana, Hylotrupes livida, Hylotrupes minutus, Hylotrupes nematocerus, Hylotrupes pedicellatus, Hylotrupes puella, Hylotrupes puncticollis, Hylotrupes similis, Hylotrypes bajulus, Hylotrypes bajulus puellus, Hylotrypes bajulus scutifer, Hylotrypes bajulus theresae, Hylotrypes bajulus var. syriacus, Leptura quadri-punctata

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • European house-borerEnglish
  • House longhornEnglish
  • House longhorn beetleEnglish
  • Old house borerEnglish
  • Old-house borerEnglish
  • Old-house borerEnglish
  • QueraAragonese
  • tesařík krovovýCzech
  • HusbukDanish
  • SkivebukDanish
  • BalkenbockGerman
  • Großer HolzwurmGerman
  • HausbockGerman
  • HausbockkäferGerman
  • Carcoma grandeSpanish
  • tupajääräFinnish
  • Calleux charpentierFrench
  • Capricorne des maisonsFrench
  • Longicorne des maisonsFrench
  • WeederwiremNorthern Frisian
  • יקרונית גגותHebrew
  • házi cincérHungarian
  • Paprastasis trobininkasLithuanian
  • husbukkNorwegian Bokmål
  • HuisbokDutch
  • Gewone huisbokDutch
  • HuisboktorDutch
  • Spuszczel pospolityPolish
  • Домовый усачRussian
  • Дровосек чёрный домовыйRussian
  • fuzáč krovovýSlovak
  • Hišni kozličekSlovenian
  • husbockSwedish
  • Деревач хрупеньUkrainian
  • 家希天牛Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the hylotrupes

Other species in the same genus Hylotrupes.

CompareHylotrupes vs Hylotrupes hoskoveci

Common questions

Each answer is written from the sourced facts on this page, and only where they hold the answer.

What kind of animal is Hylotrupes?

Hylotrupes is a beetle, an insect in the order Coleoptera and the family Cerambycidae.

What is the scientific name of Hylotrupes?

Its scientific name is Hylotrupes bajulus, in the genus Hylotrupes.

What other names does Hylotrupes bajulus have?

It is also called house longhorn, old house borer, old-house borer, European house-borer and house longhorn beetle.

Who named Hylotrupes bajulus?

The species name is credited to (Linné, 1758).

Which countries is Hylotrupes bajulus recorded in?

Checklists record it in countries including Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, Egypt, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Is Hylotrupes bajulus extinct?

No, the Catalogue of Life lists it as living, not extinct.

Sources and how to cite this page

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BibTeX
@misc{hylotrupes_2026,
  title = {Hylotrupes (Hylotrupes bajulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hylotrupes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}