Parmena aurora Danilevsky, 1980

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PARMENINI

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[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]

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This rare Parmena species, developing in dying twigs of Ficus carica, was described by Mikhail Danilevsky in 1980 [❖]. Parmena aurora, so far known only from Azerbaïdjan localities, was recently collected also in Iran.

Body length:	6 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	common fig (Ficus carica)
Distribution:	Azerbaïdjan, Iran

The depicted mounted beetles were collected at night on Ficus carica twigs ca 28 km E of Marzanabad (Māzandarān province, Iran) on May 18, 2018.

Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki

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[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
A new species of longicorn beetles of the genus Parmena Latr. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Transcaucasia.
Entomologičeskoe Obozrenie 59 (4): 852-853, 1980. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Parmenini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Parmena Dejean, 1821
Species: Parmena aurora Danilevsky, 1980