Acanthocinus hispanicus, an endemic Spanish species described by Gianfanco Sama and Peter Schurmann in 1979 [❖], is very close to
Acanthocinus henschi, but different from it in several characters: a
long rib missing on the base of the elytrae, denser and lighter pubescence of the whole body or more pronounced protuberances on the disc of the pronotus.
| Body length: | 10 - 15 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 - 2 years |
| Adults in: | June - September |
| Host plant: | pines (Pinus pinea, Pinus silvestris, Pinus halepensis) |
| Distribution: | an endemic species to Spain [✧] |
The living female beetle was collected in Riópar environs (Albacete municipality, Castile-La Mancha, Spain) on July 3, 2024.
The depicted mounted beetle was reared from larva found in dead pine in Barracas (NE Spain).
Collected by our friends Daniel Rydzi and Ladislav Karaus
[❖]
Sama G. and Schurmann P.:
Descrizione di Acanthocinus hispanicus n. sp. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Miscel·lània Zoològica, Barcelona 5: 43-45, 1979.
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[✧]
González Peña C.F., Vives E., de Sousa Zuzarte A.J.:
Nuevo catálogo de los Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) de la Península Ibérica, islas Baleares e islas atlánticas: Canarias, Açores y Madeira.
Monografias Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 12: 211 pp., 2007.
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