Deroplia gomerae Sama, 1996
[= Stenidea gomerae Sama, 1996]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

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[Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Deroplia gomerae is a nocturnal species endemic to La Gomera (Canary Islands). The species is polyphagous on herbaceous plants, shrubs and also deciduous trees (Ficus carica).

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	December - August
Host plant:	polyphagous on herbaceous plants, decidous trees and shrubs (e.g. Argyranthemum sp., Amygdalus sp., Ficus carica, Foeniculum vulgare, Artemisia thuscula and others)
Distribution:	a species endemic to La Gomera, Canary Islands

The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead twig of Argyranthemum sp. in Valle Gran Rey (La Gomera, Canary Islands).

Collected by M.Rejzek

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Sama G.:
Note preliminaire pour une revision du genre Deroplia Dejean 1837 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 12 (4): 85-92, [1995] 1996. [download ]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996.

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[Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia gomerae Sama, 1996