Mallosia (Eumallosia) imperatrix Abeille de Perrin, 1885
ssp. tauricola K. Daniel, 1904

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Mallosia imperatrix tauricola
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:18 - 43 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Ferula spp. and Prangos spp. (Apiaceae)
Distribution:Turkey [❖]


The depicted beetles were collected on Prangos and Ferula in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey; ✧).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


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


[✧]
Rejzek M. and Hoskovec M.:
Cerambycidae of Nemrut Dagi National Park (Anatolia, South-East Turkey).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 15 (4): 257-272, 1999. [download pdf icon]


Mallosia imperatrix tauricola
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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 tauricola K. Daniel, 1904