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Timberman

Acanthocinus aedilis (Linné, 1758)

Status not recordedbeetles

The timberman (Acanthocinus aedilis) is a species in the family Cerambycidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria and Belgium.

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Quick facts about the timberman

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.2 cm – 2 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
37 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the timberman?

TIMBERMAN · LENGTH 2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the timberman is about 1.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the timberman 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 timberman is listed for 37 countries.

KazakhstanRussiaNorwayFranceSierra LeoneSouth KoreaMongoliaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainChinaItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomFinlandSlovakiaJapanBosnia and Herz.Macedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  5. Bulgaria
  6. China
  7. Croatia
  8. Denmark
  9. Estonia
  10. Finland
  11. France
  12. Germany
  13. Greece
  14. Hungary
  15. Italy
  16. Japan
  17. Kazakhstan
  18. Lithuania
  19. Luxembourg
  20. Moldova
  21. Mongolia
  22. Netherlands
  23. North Macedonia
  24. Norway
  25. Poland
  26. Portugal
  27. Romania
  28. Russia
  29. Sierra Leone
  30. Slovakia
  31. South Korea
  32. Spain
  33. Sweden
  34. Switzerland
  35. Türkiye
  36. Ukraine
  37. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

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

Is the timberman 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 timberman classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCerambycidae
  6. genusAcanthocinus
  7. SpeciesAcanthocinus aedilis (Linné, 1758)

Synonyms Acanthocinus aedilis, Acanthocinus aedilis, Acanthocinus aedilis m, Acanthocinus aedilis obliteratus, Acanthocinus aedilis var. obliteratus, Acanthocinus montana, Acanthocinus oedilis, Acanthocinus validus, Acanthocinus validus, Acanthociuns aedilis dongbeinesis, Aedilis montana, Astinomus aedilis, Astynomus aedilis, Astynomus aedilis, Astyonomus aedilis, Cerambix aedilis, Cerambyx acernus, Cerambyx aedilis, Cerambyx aedilis, Cerambyx marmoratus, Ceramryx aedilis, Lamia aedilis, Lamia aedilis, Oedilis montana

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Timberman beetleEnglish
  • Banyarriquer del piCatalan
  • tesařík dazuleCzech
  • kozlíček dazuleCzech
  • TømmermandDanish
  • Almindelig tømmermandDanish
  • ZimmerbockGerman
  • SchneiderbockGerman
  • ZimmererbockGerman
  • ZimmermannsbockGerman
  • Harilik käätsusikkEstonian
  • sarvijaakkoFinnish
  • Acanthocine charpentierFrench
  • MagistratFrench
  • Nagy daliáscincérHungarian
  • 솔곤봉수염하늘소Korean
  • Ilgaūsis PušiagraužisLithuanian
  • tømmermannNorwegian Bokmål
  • DennenbokDutch
  • DennenboktorDutch
  • Grijsbruine timmerbokDutch
  • TimmerbokDutch
  • TimmerboktorDutch
  • Tycz cieślaPolish
  • Серый длинноусый усачRussian
  • Серый длинноусый усач / Длинноусый дровосекRussian
  • čoarvegobbáNorthern Sami
  • vrzúnik borovicovýSlovak
  • timmermanSwedish
  • större timmermanSwedish
  • Скрипун трачійUkrainian
  • Прутивус трачієвийUkrainian
  • Прутиус-трачійUkrainian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the timberman

Other species in the same genus Acanthocinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the timberman?

An adult timberman measures 1.2 cm – 2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the timberman live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the timberman for 37 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the timberman?

The timberman (Acanthocinus aedilis) belongs to the family Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Timberman (Acanthocinus aedilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/timberman

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BibTeX
@misc{timberman_2026,
  title = {Timberman (Acanthocinus aedilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/timberman},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}