Deroplia schurmanni Sama, 1996

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

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[Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Deroplia schurmanni is a nocturnal species endemic to El Hierro (Canary Islands). The beetle is oligophagous on various Euphorbia plants (such as Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. or Euphorbia regis-jubae W. & B.).

Body length:	9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	December & September
Host plant:	oligophagous on various Euphorbia spp.
Distribution:	a species endemic to Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead branch of Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. in Charco Manso NW Valverde (El Hierro, 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 schurmanni Sama, 1996