Stenocorus (Stenocorus) vittidorsum (Reitter, 1890)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAGIINI

Stenocorus vittidorsum
Stenocorus vittidorsum
Stenocorus vittidorsum ♂ [Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Stenocorus vittidorsum
[Photo © David Navrátil]




Body length:12 - 23 mm
Life cycle:1 year [?]
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:probably roots of still undetermined Asteraceae plant
Distribution:Georgia, Armenia, Caucasus, North Turkey, North Iran


The depicted beetles were found sitting on leaves of its probably host plant (still undetermined Asteraceae) growing in mountain meadows ca 4.5 km south of Kajaran (Քաջարան, 2000 m a.s.l., Syunik prov., South Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec, P.Jelínek and M. Harnych


Stenocorus vittidorsum
Stenocorus vittidorsum
Stenocorus vittidorsum ♀ [Photo © M.Hoskovec]


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Stenocorus Geoffroy, 1762
Subgenus: Stenocorus Geoffroy, 1762
Species: Stenocorus vittidorsum (Reitter, 1890)