Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Trichoferus cisti, an endemic species to Morocco, has been originally described as Trichoferus spartii cisti from Tizi-n'Test (Morocco) by Gianfranco Sama in 1987 [❖]. Larvae of this species develop in Cistus villosus.
Body length: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: Cistus villosus Distribution: species endemic to Morocco
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in Tizi-n'Test pass environs (1400 m a.s.l., Haut Atlas Mts., Morocco) on September 7, 2007.Collected by Milan Šárovec
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Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 4 (1): 43-64, 1987. [download]
Navarro J., Urbano G.J.M. and Llinares A.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143-185, 2019. [download
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854
Species: Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987