Mallosia (Semnosia) scovitzii (Faldermann, 1837)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI

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Body length:	16 - 38 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Ferula spp. and Prangos spp. (Apiaceae)
Distribution:	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey (Malatya, Erzurum, Van, Kars; ❖)

The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant (Prangos ferulacea) in Karakurt Bucağı village environs (1450 m; 21 km SE of Sarıkamış, Kars province, East Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

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[❖]
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 ]

Daniel K.:
Die Cerambyciden-Gattung Mallosia Muls.
Münchener Koleopterologische Zeitschrift 2: 301-314, 1904. [download ]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Mallosia Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus: Semnosia K. Daniel, 1904
Species: Mallosia (Semnosia) scovitzii (Faldermann, 1837)