Phytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli Ganglbauer, 1884

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Phytoecia merkli
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Phytoecia merkli
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


According to Martin Rejzek et al. [❖] the host plants of Phytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli are Salvia sclarea (Lamiaceae), Salvia cf. tomentosa (Lamiaceae), and another still undetermined Lamiaceae plant.

Body length:7 - 10 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:oligophagous on Lamiaceae (e.g. Salvia spp.)
Distribution:Armenia, Syria, Turkey


The depicted beetles in the were collected on Salvia sp. in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download pdf icon]

Phytoecia merkli
Phytoecia merkli
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Neomusaria Plavilstshikov, 1928
Species: Phytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli Ganglbauer, 1884