Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: ANCYLONOTINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Idactus iranicus is a nocturnal species and occasionally comes to light. Adults can rather be collected on their host plants at night. Since its description [❖] known only from Iran, Idactus iranicus was recently reported by Czech entomologists also from Arabian peninsula [✧].
Body length: 8 - 12 mm Life cycle: 1 year [?] Adults in: May - July Host plant: April - June Distribution: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Oman
The depicted beetles were collected in Faryab NE Bandar-e Abbas (Hormozgan province, South Iran).Collected by M.Rejzek
[❖]
Breuning S.:
Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel Coleoptera: Fam. Cerambycidae - Lamiinae.
Entomologica Basiliensa 1: 335-365, 1975.
[✧]
Ambrus R., Grosser W.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Dhofar region in sultanate of Oman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity Space International Almanac 1 (2): 448-457, 2012. [download]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Ancylonotini Lacordaire, 1869
Genus: Idactus Pascoe, 1864
Species: Idactus iranicus Breuning, 1975