Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
The taxonomy of the subgenus Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004 is very complicated and there are many very contradictory views among cerambycidologists regarding the validity and real existence of many taxa. A comprehensive and detailed revision of the Smaragdula by our colleague and friend Karel Hodek from the summer of 2021 attempts to answer many questions concerning this issue [▽].
Body length: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - July Host plant: Cephalaria procera (Asteraceae) Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran
The depicted beetles were found sitting on leaves Cephalaria procera growing in mountain meadows ca 4.5 km south of Kajaran (Քաջարան, Syunik prov., South Armenia).Collected by M.Hoskovec
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Hodek K.:
Review of the subgenus Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004, and two new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Laminae, Agapanthiini)
Natura Somogyiensis 36: 81-110, 2021. [download]
Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download
[Photo © M.Hoskovec & P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Smaragdula Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Smaragdula) chalybaea Faldermann, 1837 |