Purpuricenus zarudnianus Semenov, 1903

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

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Purpuricenus zarudnianus ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Body length:	10 - 23 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Tamarix (?) [❖]
Distribution:	Iran

The depicted beetles were collected on blossoming desert shrubs near Sirjan (Sirjan County, Kerman Province, SE Iran) on May 16, 2019.

Collected by P.Jelínek

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Semenov Tian-Shanskij A. P.:
De nova Purupuriceni specie e Persia austro-orientali (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Revue Russe d'Entomologie, Saint-Petersbourg 3: 358-359, 1903.

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Simandl J.:
Íránští tesaříci rodu Purpuricenus / Iranian Longhorn Beetles of the Genus Purpuricenus.
Živa 1: 28-30, 2013. [download ]

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Purpuricenus zarudnianus ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Purpuricenus zarudnianus ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus zarudnianus Semenov, 1903