Deroplia niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)
[= Stenidea niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

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[Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Deroplia niveopicta is a nocturnal species endemic to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). The species is probably monophagous on Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb. (Asteraceae).

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April
Host plant:	Launaea arborescens (Batt.) Murb. (Asteraceae)
Distribution:	a species endemic to Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead twig of Launaea arborescens in Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands).

Collected by M.Rejzek

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von Demelt C.:
Beschreibung 3 neuer Stenidea-Arten der Kanarischen Inseln (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Vieraea 11 (1-2): 97-101, [1981] 1982. [download ]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [download ]

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[Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)