Lampropterus (Lampropterus) femoratus (Germar, 1824)
[= Callimellum adonis (Abeille de Perrin, 1881)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HYBODERINI
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[= Callimellum adonis (Abeille de Perrin, 1881)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HYBODERINI

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length: 6 - 10 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Acer etc.) Distribution: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
The depicted mounted beetles were beaten from a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) near Güzelolük village (40 km N of Erdemli, SW Turkey). The living beetles were photographed on flowers near Jermuk (East Armenia) and in Buglan Gecidi (Eastern Turkey), respectively.Collected by M.Hoskovec

[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Hyboderini Linsley, 1940
Genus: Lampropterus Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus: Lampropterus Mulsant, 1863
Species: Lampropterus (Lampropterus) femoratus (Germar, 1824)