ssp. nitidipennis Holzschuh, 1984
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Agapanthia dahli nitidipennis, an endemic subspecies to Georgia, has been described from Jvari (ჯვარი) environs (Georgia) as Agapanthia nitidipennis by Carolus Holzschuh in 1984 [✱]. According to Maxima A. Lazarev, however, it is not a separate species, but only a subspecies of a very variable and plastic species Agapanthia dahli [❖].
Body length: 13 - 22 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: polyphagous in herbaceous plants Distribution: an endemic subspecies to Georgia
The depicted beetles were collected in steppes in Kasristskali village environs (Kakheti Region of Eastern Georgia) on May 17, 2016.Collected by Petr Jelínek
[✱]
Holzschuh C.:
Beschreibung von 24 neuen Bockkäfern aus Europa und Asien, vorwiegend aus dem Himalaya (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Entomologica Basiliensia 9: 340-372, 1984. [download]
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Lazarev M.A.:
Two new subspecies of Agapanthia dahli (Richter, 1821) from Dagestan and Armenia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 2 (3): 443-448, 2013. [download
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Epoptes Gistl, 1857 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli (Richter, 1821) |
| Subspecies | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli nitidipennis Holzschuh, 1984 |