[= Purpuricenus tommasoi Sama, 2001]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length: 12 - 22 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: Quercus Distribution: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
Adults of this beetle do not visit flowers. They can usually be found flying around tree tops or sitting on the leaves of their host. The depicted mounted beetles were collected in SE Turkey. The living specimen was photographed on the host tree ca 17 km NE of Marivan (1460 m, Kordestan province, Iran; N35°38′57″ E46°17′24″) on May 22, 2019.Collected by M.Rejzek and P.Jelínek
Sama G.:
Etudes sur le genre Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821 : à propos de P. nicocles Schaufuss, 1871; description de P. tommasoi n. sp. proche de P. dalmatinus Sturm, 1843 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 101 (1): 386-390, 2001. [download]
Sama G., Rapuzzi P., and Özdikmen H.:
Preliminary report of the entomological surveys (2010, 2011) of G. Sama and P. Rapuzzi to Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 12 (1): 22-45, 2006. [download
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species: Purpuricenus apicalis Pic, 1905