[Photo © M.Gigli]

Isotomus barbarae, an endemite to Italy (12 known localities), is endangered species with a small area of occupancy (less than 2 000 km²). Larvae of this remarkable species develop in dead wood of deciduous trees (Ostrya carpinifolia, Carpinus orientalis) in woodlands in the hills and sub-montane regions of the Appenine ridge. Recently was discovered also in Latium (Central Italy; ❖).

Body length:	12 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Ostrya carpinifolia, Carpinus orientalis
Distribution:	an endemic species to Italy

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead branch of Fagus orientalis in San Gregorio (Lazio, Rome province, Central Italy).

Collected by our friend Maurizio Gigli

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Gigli M.:
Isotomus barbarae Sama, 1977, nuova per il Lazio (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bollettino dell’Associazione Romana di Entomologia 63 (1-4): 59-62, 2008. [download ]

Sama G.:
Un nuovo Isotomus italiano: Isotomus barbarae n. sp.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 109 (4-6): 66-74, 1977

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Isotomus Mulsant, 1863
Species: Isotomus barbarae Sama, 1977