Deroplia troberti (Mulsant, 1843)
ssp. cruciata Sama, 1996

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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Deroplia troberti cruciata, a nocturnal beetle endemic to Crete (Greece), has been described by Gianfranco Sama in 1996 [❖].

Body length:	6 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	September - May (the maximal activity in winter)
Host plant:	polyphagous in dead twigs of deciduous trees (Quercus, Nerium, Pistacia, Laurus)
Distribution:	subspecies endemic to Crete

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae feeding in thin terminal twigs of Nerium oleander collected in Stomio environs (9 m a.s.l., Chania region, Crete, Greece) on June 22, 2018.

Collected by D.Navrátil

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Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Deroplia Dejean, 1835
Species: Deroplia troberti (Mulsant, 1843)
Subspecies: Deroplia troberti cruciata Sama, 1996