[= Agapanthia brevis Pic, 1891]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Agapanthia coeruleipennis, an interesting Turano-Iranian species occuring in Armenia, Iran, Syria and Turkey, has been described from "Asia Minor" by Johann Frivaldszky in 1878 [✮]. Gundelia tournefortii Linnaeus (Asteraceae) has been reported [❖] as the host of this species.
Body length: 10 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Gundelia tournefortii Distribution: Armenia, Iran, Syria, Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected on Gundelia tournefortii in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey) on June 11, 2011.Collected by Michal Hoskovec
[✮]
Frivaldszky J.:
Coleoptera Nova.
Természetrajzi Füzetek 2 (1): 9-12, 1878. [download]
[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [downloadÖzdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40. [download
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Agapanthoplia Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Agapanthoplia) coeruleipennis Frivaldszky, 1878 |