Purpuricenus graecus Sláma, 1993
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © P. Jelínek]
[Photo © P. Jelínek]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

[Photo © P. Jelínek]
Purpuricenus graecus, described by Milan Sláma from Gerania and Loutraki in 1993 [✧], is rare species endemic to Greece.
Body length: 10 - 14 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: Quercus spp. Distribution: Greece
The depicted beetle was reared from larva found in oak twig collected in Anixi environs (Northern Greece).Collected by P. Jelínek
[✧]
Sláma M.:
Zwei neue Taxa aus Griechenland – Purpuricenus graceus sp. n. und Brachyleptura maculicornis ondreji subsp. n.
Folia Heyrovskyana 1 (6): 56-62, 1993.
Sláma M.:
Purpuricenus graecus Sláma, 1993 - correct original spelling of the specific name.
Folia Heyrovskyana 2 (4), 1994.[❖]
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]



[Photo © P. Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus graecus Sláma, 1993