ssp. sasanus Kadlec, 2006
[= Purpuricenus sasanus Kadlec, 2006]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus, a subspecies [❖] known from Zagros Mountains in Central-West Iran and distributed also in Eastern Iraq, was originally described by Stanislav Kadlec [✧] as separate species. Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus, well characterized for the small body, the long black spot on the middle of elytra and for the largely black shoulders, represents the easternmost subspecies of P. interscapillatus. The beetle oviposits on living terminal twigs of Acer monspessulanum cinerascens. The larva girdles the twig to interrupt flow of sap and develops in the dead part of the twig.
Body length: 10 - 18 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June and July Host plant: Acer monspessulanum cinerascens Distribution: Iran, Iraq
The specimen in the pictures was recorded in Lorestan province, Iran.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]
[✧]
Kadlec S.:
Two new Cerambycid species from Kazakhstan and Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Animma.x 12: 1-7, 2006.
[Photo © M.Rejzek]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937
Subspecies: Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus Kadlec, 2006