[= Musaria cephalotes (Küster, 1846)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PHYTOECIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes, described by Heinrich Carl Küster from Nauplion (Greece) in 1846 [❖], belongs to rare European Cerambycidae species. It develops in roots of Trinia spp. (Apiaceae). The larvae first feed in the stalks of the plant. Later larval instars enter the root system. In the second year of development the larvae create a characteristic cocoon in the root where also pupation occurs.
Body length: 9 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: Trinia (Apiaceae) species (e.g. Trinia dalechampii, Trinia glauca) Distribution: North Italy, Slovenia [✧], Croatia, Greece
The mounted beetles were captured on the host plants on karst plateau in Buzet environs (Istria, Croatia) on May 22-23, 2010. The depicted living beetle was reared from roots of Trinia dalechampii (Apiaceae) found in Slovenia.Collected by David Navrátil and Petr Kabátek
[❖]
Küster H.C.:
Die Käfer Europa's. Nach der Natur beschrieben von Dr. H.C.Küster Mit Beiträgen mehrerer Entomologen. Siebentes Heft.
Verlag Bauer & Raspe in Nürnberg, № 1-100 [61], 1846. [download]
[✧]
Brelih S., Drovenik B. and Pirnat A.:
Material for the Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera) of Slovenia 2nd contribution: Polyphaga: Chrysomeloidea (= Phytophaga): Cerambycidae.
Scopolia 58: 1-442, 2006. [download
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus: Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
Species: Phytoecia (Musaria) cephalotes Küster, 1846