slamorum Danilevsky, 2012 [❖]
[= Macrotoma scutellaris (Germar, 1817)]
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: MACROTOMINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Prinobius myardi slamorum is a nocturnal species. This polyphagous beetle develops in broad spectrum of deciduos trees (Quercus, Alnus, Morus etc.). Larvae prefer dead trunks or branches of a larger diameter.
Body length: 30 - 50 mm Life cycle: several years Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees Distribution: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Creta, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Montenegro, Iran
The depicted mounted beetles ware collected in Kokkino Nero (Mount Ossa environs, Thessaly, Greece) July 6-16, 2012. The living beetles were reared from larvae found in Malia (North Crete, Greece) and Eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Thessaly, Greece), respectively.Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki, Adam Woźniak and M.Rejzek
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Additions and corrections to the new Catalogue of Palaearctic Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) edited by I. Löbl and A. Smetana, 2010. Part. V.
Humanity space - International Almanac 75: 1 (3): 695-741, 2012. [download]
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Macrotomini (Macrotomina) Thomson, 1861
Genus: Prinobius Mulsant, 1842
Species: Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842
Subpecies: Prinobius slamorum Danilevsky, 2012