Mesosa (Aplocnemia) obscuricornis Pic, 1894

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI
Mesosa obscuricornis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:9 - 15 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous tree
Distribution:Azerbaidjan, North Iran, Turkey [❖]


The depicted beetle was collected in Golestan forest 45 km NE Minudast (prov. Khorasan, NE Iran).

Collected by M.Rejzek


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Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
The genus Mesosa Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in Turkey with a new record, Mesosa obscuricornis Pic, 1894.
Entomological News 117 (3): 309-311, 2006.

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Mesosini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Mesosa Latreille, 1829
Subgenus: Aplocnemia Stephens, 1831
Species: Mesosa (Aplocnemia) obscuricornis Pic, 1894