Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: ACANTHOCININI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Leiopus linnei, described by Henrik Wallin, Ulf Nylander and Torstein Kvamme in 2009 [❖], is in Europe sibling species to well known and highly variable Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Both species differ in combination of characters, including the male genitalia and female spermathecae. Leiopus linnei appears to be common in central Europe and is here also probably more anbundant then L. nebulosus, which is predominantly recorded from coastal areas of Europe.
Body length: ♂♂ 5.0–9.2 mm / ♀♀ 6.4–9.5 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Quercus, Carpinus, Juglans, Acer, Ulmus, Betula, Salix, Prunus) Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine
The first depicted beetle was collected on oak logs in Zbečno (Central Bohemia, Czechia), the second one was reared from larva found in dead poplar in Mušov (South Moravia, Czechia).Collected by M.Hoskovec and P.Jelínek
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Wallin H., Nylander U. and Kvamme T.:
Two sibling species of Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Europe: L. nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and L. linnei sp. nov.
Zootaxa 2010: 31-45, 2009. [download]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Acanthocinini Blanchard, 1845
Genus: Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835
Species: Leiopus (Leiopus) linnei Wallin, Nýlander & Kvamme, 2009