Grammoptera coerulea, an extremely rare endemic species to Russian Far East, has been described from Vladivostok environs by Czech entomologist Štěpán Jureček in 1933 [❖].
The biology of this interesting beetle is not well known, a few specimens were reared ex larvae from oak twigs by Sergey V. Murzin. Adults, active in May and June,
are diurnal and anthophilous [✮].
| Body length: | ♂♂ 4.5 - 4.8 mm / ♀♀ 4.5 - 5.1 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 - 2 years [?] |
| Adults in: | May - June |
| Host plant: | Quercus sp. |
| Distribution: | an endemic species to Russian Far East |
The depicted male beetle (4.8 mm) was collected in Gorno-Taezhnoe (Горно-Таежное) village environs (~20 km SE Ussuriysk, Primorsky krai, Far Eastern federal district, Russia) on May 22, 2021.
Collected by Sergei Ivanov
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Jureček Š.:
Noví Tesaříci Pal. Fauny. Neue Cerambyciden der Pal. Fauna.
Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické, Praha 30 (3): 127-130, 1933.
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [page 223], 2014.
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Miroshnikov A.I.:
Little known species of longicorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Russian Far East / Малоизвестные виды жуков-дровосеков (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Дальнего Востока России.
Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, St. Petersburg 77: 226–234, 2006.
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