Mallosiola regina (Heyden, 1887)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
Mallosiola regina
[Photo © David Navrátil]





Striking Mallosiola regina, species known from mountains of Tadjikistan and Southern Uzbekistan only, has been described from Alai Range by Lucas Friedrich Heyden in 1887 [❖].

Body length:12 - 22 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:unknown
Distribution:Central Asia (Tadjikistan, S Uzbekistan)


Depicted beetle was captured in Babatag Range (Denov district, Surxondaryo Region, S Uzbekistan) on June 20, 1980.

Collected by Vít Kubáň


[❖]
Heyden L.F.:
XI. Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna von Turkestan.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 31 (2): 305-336. [page 319], 1887. [download pdf icon]


Kadyrov A.K., Karpiński L., Szczepański W.T., Taszakowski A. and Walczak M.:
New data on distribution, biology, and ecology of longhorn beetles from the area of west Tajikistan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
ZooKeys 606: 41-64, 2016. [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Mallosiola Semenov, 1895
Species: Mallosiola regina (Heyden, 1887)