Brachyta (Variobrachyta) borni (Ganglbauer, 1903)
[= Evodinus borni Ganglbauer, 1903]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: EVODINIINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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Brachyta borni is a very rare species endemic to France, namely to the French Alps (Col de Vars, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), where it inhabits the alpine zone. Its biology has been discovered and reported on by Hervé Brustel et al. [❖]. According to this work Brachyta borni is associated with alpine cinquefoil (Potentilla crantzii). The larva feeds in the roots of this plant.

Brachyta borni has been described from Col de Vars as Evodinus borni by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1903 [✮].

Body length:	11 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years [?]
Adults in:	June - July
Host plant:	Potentilla crantzii Crantz & Fritsch
Distribution:	species endemic to France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)

Depicted beetles were collected in Col de Vars (Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France) on June 23, 2005.

Collected by P. Stéfani

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[✮]
Ganglbauer L.:
Ueber einen neuen Cerambyciden - Evodinus Borni - von den Basses-Alpes und seine nächsten Verwandten.
Münchener Koleopterologische Zeitschrift 1: 151-154, 1903. [download ]

[❖]
Brustel H., Berger P. and Minetti R. :
Nouvelles observations sur Brachyta borni Ganglbauer (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea XCVII (1): 141-149, 1997.

Pic M.:
Sur divers Vesperus Latr. et Evodinus Borni Gglb.
Matériaux pour servir à l'étude des Longicornes 4 (2): 9-11, 1903. [download ]

Touroult J., Cima V., Bouyon H., Hanot Ch., Horellou A. & Brustel H.:
Longicornes de France – Atlas préliminaire (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae & Vesperidae).
Supplément au bulletin d’ACOREP-France, Paris: 176pp, 2019. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Evodiniini Zamoroka, 2022
Genus	Brachyta Fairmaire in Jacquelin du Val, 1864
Subgenus	Variobrachyta Danilevsky, 2014
Species	Brachyta (Variobrachyta) borni (Ganglbauer, 1903)