ssp. cornifrons Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992
[= Purpuricenus cornifrons Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992; ❖]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Purpuricenus interscapillatus cornifrons, the most northern subspecies of P. interscapillatus known from the mountains between Tunceli and Mus in Eastern Turkey), was described as distinct species [✧], but it can be considered only an extreme form of P. interscapillatus according to the body shape and structure of pronotum.
Body length: 10 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: June - July Host plant: oaks (Quercus) Distribution: an endemic species of Eastern Turkey
The depicted beetles were beaten from oaks in Buglan Gecidi (NW Mus, East Turkey).Collected by M.Rejzek
[❖]
Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download]
[✧]
Sabbadini A. and Pesarini C.:
Note su Purpuricenus budensis (Goeze) e specie affini (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 124 (1): 55-64, 1992.
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937
Subspecies: Purpuricenus interscapillatus cornifrons Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992