Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) palmi (Demelt, 1972)
[= Leptura palmi Demelt, 1971]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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Body length:	♂♂ 14 - 21 mm / ♀♀ 18 - 25 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous and coniferous trees (Laurus, Pinus, Erica, Eucalyptus)
Distribution:	endemic to Canary Islands

The mounded specimens were reared from pupae found in dead Laurus nobilis trunk collected in Santiago del Teide environs (1169 m a.s.l., West Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) on June 24 - July 4, 2019. The depicted living beetle was reared from larvae collected in Puerto de Erjos (North of Santiago del Teide, West Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).

Collected by David Navrátil and M.Rejzek

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Demelt C.:
Beschreibung einer neuen Leptura-Art aus Teneriffa (Coleopt., Cerambycidae).
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft österreichischer Entomologen 23 (3): 74-75, [1971] 1972. [download ]

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Stictoleptura palmi ♀ [Photo © M.Rejzek]

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Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Subgenus: Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Species: Stictoleptura palmi (Demelt, 1972)