The species (as well as the genus Dolocerus) was originally described by Mulsant (1862) and successively by Heyden (1863),
but the oldest name has not been used as valid since 2012 and is declared nomen oblitum according to Article 23.9
“Reversal of precedence” of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature fourth edition (ICZN, 1999; Löbl & Smetana, 2010)
(cfr. Lemaire & Gros, 2016). Danilevsky (2012, ❖) affirmed that the spelling Dolocerus reichii Mulsant, 1862
(as well as the genus Dolocerus) must be corrected because the “Reversal of precedence” according to which priority
may be reversed only if two conditions are both met and in the present case, the second condition (Art. 23.9.1.2.)
is unrespected (ICZN, 1999) [✧].
| Body length: | 5 - 7 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 - 3 years |
| Adults in: | April - June |
| Host plant: | probably polyphagous in deciduous trees, however, only ivy (Hedera helix) has been
reported as a host till now... |
| Distribution: | Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey |
The depicted beetle was beaten from blossoming hawthorn (Crataegus) in Litohoro (NE Greece).
Collected by M.Hoskovec
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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. IV.
Humanity space - International Almanac 1 (1): 86-136, 2012.
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Lemaire J.-M. and Gros P.:
Une espèce mythique pour la faune de France découverte dans les Alpes-Maritimes: Brachypteroma ottomanum Heyden,
1863, alias Dolocerus reichii Mulsant, 1862, nomen oblitum ? (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Le Coléoptériste, Bulletin de liaison de l'ACOREP 19 (2): 88-90, 2016.
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Bazzato E., Macis S., Mura R., Lecis A., Atzori M.G. and Cillo D.:
First record of Dolocerus reichii Mulsant, 1862 (= Brachypteroma ottomanum Heyden, 1863) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) for the Sardinian fauna.
Revista Gaditana de Entomologia 8 (1): 13-21, 2017.
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