[= Asias agababiani Danilevsky, 2000]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Anoplistes agababiani was described by Mikhail Danilevsky from Megri region of Southern Armenia [✧] under name Asias agababiani [❖].
Body length: 11 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years [?] Adults in: June-July Host plant: Ephedra sp. Distribution: an endemic species to Armenia
The depicted beetle was photographed on its host plant (Ephedra sp.) by our friend Lech Kruszelnicki in Southern Armenia (5km S Meghri, Syunik province) on June 10, 2013.
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
New taxa of Cerambycidae from Turkey and Transcaucasia (Coleoptera).
Elytron 13: 39-47, [1999] 2000 [download]
[❖]
Özdikmen H.:
A nomenclatural act: some nomenclatural changes on palaearctic longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 3 (2): 707-715, 2008. [download
Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus: Anoplistes Audinet-Serville, 1833
Species: Anoplistes agababiani (Danilevsky, 2000)