ssp. troberti (Mulsant, 1843)
[= Stenidea troberti Mulsant, 1843]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DESMIPHORINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Deroplia troberti has been described by Étienne Mulsant from Algeria in 1843 [❖].
Body length: 6 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: September - May (the maximal activity in January - February) Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Nerium oleander - preferred host, Pistacia, Laurus etc.) Distribution: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Yugoslavia in Europe, Algeria, Morocco,Tunisia, Cyprus
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae feeding in thin terminal twigs of Nerium oleander collected in Morocco (Tizi-n-Test environs / Asni environs, High Atlas) and Italy (Monte Nieddu environs, Sarróch, Sardinia).Collected by Petr Kabátek, J.Krátký, M.Rejzek and P.Jelínek
[❖] Mulsant É.:
Description de quelques Coléoptères inédits.
Annales des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, Lyon 6: 276-286 [pages], 1843. [download]
Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [downloadÖzdikmen H. and Tezcan S.:
Deroplia troberti orientalis ssp. nov. from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 15 (2): 422-426, 2020. [download
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia troberti (Mulsant, 1843)
Species: Deroplia troberti troberti (Mulsant, 1843)