Agapanthia (Epoptes) angelicae Reitter, 1898
[= Aganpanthia latior Pic, 1898]
[= Agapanthia Hauseri Reitter, 1902]
[= Agapanthia subnuda Reitter, 1905]
[= Agapanthia (Agapanthia) jacobsoni Plavilstshikov, 1915]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Agapanthia angelicae, a species occurring in Iran and Turkmenistan, has been described from Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) by Edmund Reitter in 1898 [✱]. According to Martin Rejzek et al. [❖] in Iran Agapanthia angelicae develops in Ferula hermonis (Apiaceae).

Body length:	12 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Ferula hermonis
Distribution:	Iran, Turkmenistan

The depicted beetle was collected in Askestan (اسكستان) village environs (1750 m a.s.l., Ardabīl province, Iran) on May 27, 2018.

Collected by Petr Jelínek

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[✱]
Reitter E.:
Ueber die bekannten und einige neue palaearctische Agapanthia-Arten. (Coleoptera.).
Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 17 (4-5): 130-135, 1898. [download ]

[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G., Sádlo J.:
Host Plants of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and Iran.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 19 (3): 161-189, 2003 [2002]. [download ]

Kasatkin D.S.:
Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from the Near East and Transcaucasia.
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16 (2): 233-249, 2020. [download ]

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
Subgenus	Epoptes Gistl, 1857
Species	Agapanthia (Epoptes) angelicae Reitter, 1898