ssp. interrupta Pic, 1905
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Taxon Mallosia (Eusemnosia) interrupta Pic, 1905 was divided in Turkey by Ahmet Ömer Koçak and Muhabbet Kemal into two subspecies in 2013 [❖]. The nominate subspecies (brown elytra) is occuring in southern mountains at Van Lake (Bitlis province), the newly described Mallosia interrupta capulcu (black elytra) is known only from Bacavan Mountains (Siirt province).
Body length: 15 - 40 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Ferula spp. and Prangos spp. (Apiaceae) Distribution: Iran?, Turkey
The depicted beetles were photographed by M.Hoskovec on the host plant (Prangos ferulacea) in mountain valley in Güreşçi environs (Bitlis province, East Turkey) and in meadows at southern shore of Van Lake (3 km E of Tatvan, Bitlis province).
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Koçak A.O. and Kemal M.:
Mallosia (Eusemnosia) species in South East Turkey (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera).
Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers 159: 1-3, 2013. [download]
Özdikmen H. and Aytar F.:
Subgeneric arrangement of Mallosia Mulsant, 1862 with three new subgenera, and a new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (2): 653-662, 2012. [download
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Mallosia Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus: Eusemnosia Özdikmen et Aytar, 2012
Species: Mallosia (Eusemnosia) interrupta Pic, 1905
Subspecies: Mallosia (Eusemnosia) interrupta interrupta Pic, 1905