[= Semiangusta katarinae (Holzschuh, 1974)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Phytoecia (Semiangusta) katarinae, very rare endemic Eastern Anatolian species, has been described by Carolus Holzschuh from Buğlan Geçidi pass in 1974 [❖] without mention of the species' host plant. Gianfranco Sama et al. reported possible host plant as an unidentified Lamiaceae (very likely Scutellaria sp.) in 2012 [✧].
Body length: 8 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: unidentified Lamiaceae [?] Distribution: a species endemic to Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected in Buğlan Geçidi pass (1600 m; 40 km NNW Muş, Eastern Turkey).Collected by M.Rejzek
[❖]
Sama G., Rapuzzi P., and Özdikmen H.:
Preliminary report of the entomological surveys (2010, 2011) of G. Sama and P. Rapuzzi to Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (1): 22-45, 2012. [download]
[✧]
Holzschuh C.:
Neue bockkäfer aus Pakistan, Iran, Anatolien und Mazedonien (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 25 (3/4): 1973 (1974). [download
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Semiangusta Pic, 1892
Species: Phytoecia (Semiangusta) katarinae Holzschuh, 1974