Mallosia (Eumallosia) imperatrix Abeille de Perrin, 1885
ssp. imperatrix Abeille de Perrin, 1885

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Mallosia imperatrix imperatrix
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

In Syria Mallosia imperatrix imperatrix develops in Ferula hermonis Boissier (Apiaceae) [Rejzek et al.; ❖].

Body length:18 - 43 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Ferula spp. and Prangos spp. (Apiaceae)
Distribution:Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria [✧]


The depicted beetles were collected in Bludan NW Damascus (Anti-Lebanon Mts., Syria).

Collected by M.Rejzek


[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download pdf icon]


[✧]
Özdikmen H.:
Mallosia imperatrix tauricola K. Daniel, 1904 stat. nov. (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 (2): 370-371, 2015. [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Mallosia Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus: Eumallosia Danilevsky, 1990
Species: Mallosia (Eumallosia) imperatrix Abeille de Perrin, 1885
Subspecies: Mallosia (Eumallosia) imperatrix imperatrix Abeille de Perrin, 1885