[= Evodinus borni Ganglbauer, 1903]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: RHAGIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Body length: 11 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years [?] Adults in: June - July Host plant: Potentilla crantzii Crantz & Fritsch Distribution: species endemic to France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Brachyta borni is a very rare species endemic to France, namely to the French Alps (Col de Vars, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), where it inhabits the alpine zone. Its biology has been discovered and reported on by Hervé Brustel et al. [❖]. According to this work Brachyta borni is associated with alpine cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii). The larva feeds in the roots of this plant.Depicted beetles were collected in Col de Vars (Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France) on June 23, 2005.
Collected by P. Stéfani
[❖]
Brustel H., Berger P. and Minetti R. :
Nouvelles observations sur Brachyta borni Ganglbauer (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea XCVII (1): 141-149, 1997.
Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Rhagiini Kirby, 1837
Genus: Brachyta Fairmaire in Jacquelin du Val, 1864
Species: Brachyta borni (Ganglbauer, 1903)