Deroplia gomerae Sama, 1996
[= Stenidea gomerae Sama, 1996]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
[= Stenidea gomerae Sama, 1996]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

[Photo © M.Rejzek]
Deroplia gomerae is a nocturnal species endemic to La Gomera (Canary Islands). The species is polyphagous on herbaceous plants, shrubs and also deciduous trees (Ficus carica).
Body length: 8 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: December - August Host plant: polyphagous on herbaceous plants, decidous trees and shrubs (e.g. Argyranthemum sp., Amygdalus sp., Ficus carica, Foeniculum vulgare, Artemisia thuscula and others) Distribution: a species endemic to La Gomera, Canary Islands
The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead twig of Argyranthemum sp. in Valle Gran Rey (La Gomera, Canary Islands).Collected by M.Rejzek
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. [download]



[Photo © M.Rejzek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia gomerae Sama, 1996