Axinopalpis barbarae, a rare endemic species to Cyprus, has been described together with its subspecies
A. barbarae consobrinus by Gianfranco Sama in 1992 [✧].
Larvae of its nominotypical subspecies, A. barbarae barbarae, develop in twigs of Cyprus cedar (Cedrus brevifolia).
A. barbarae attacks living healthy cedar twigs (diameter 1-2 cm), larvae create annular incisions ("girdles") which cause weakening, then desiccation and eventually breaking (and fall)
of the consumed parts of the infested twigs. Larval development 2 years. Adults, active in May and June, are crepuscular/nocturnal and can be attracted by light.
| Body length: | 8 - 12 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years |
| Adults in: | May - June |
| Host plant: | Cyprus cedar (Cedrus brevifolia) |
| Distribution: | an endemic species to Cyprus |
The depicted beetle was reared from larva found in Cedrus brevifolia twig in summit parts of Mount Tripylos / Τρίπυλος
(N34°59′46″ E32°40′43″, 1200-1360 m a.s.l., Cedar Valley, Troodos Mountains, Nicosia district, Cyprus) on April 16, 2022.
Collected by David Navrátil
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Sama G.:
Descrizione di nuovi Cerambycidae dell'isola di Cipro (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 92 (4): 297-307, 1992.
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Ambrus R., Grosser W. and Hrbek J.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Cyprus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 3 (2): 173-190, 2014.
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