Deroplia niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)
[= Stenidea niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
[= Stenidea niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

[Photo © M.Rejzek]
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
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]

[Photo © M.Rejzek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia niveopicta (Demelt, 1982)