[= Trichoferus roridus (Brullé, 1838)]
[= Hesperophanes roridus Brullé, 1838]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Hesperoferus roridus has been described as Callidium (Hosparophanes) roridum by Auguste Gaspard Brullé in 1837 [❖]. Hesperoferus, originally as a subgenus, has been estabilished by Carl Demelt in 1971 [✧]. More info about localities and biology of this species you cand find in the dedicated page.
Body length: 15 - 28 mm Life cycle: 2 and more years Adults in: July - September Host plant: larvae in stems and roots of Adenocarpus viscosus and Adenocarpus foliosus, Spartocytisus nubigenus, Lotus campylocladus Distribution: a species endemic to Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
The depicted mounted specimens were reared from pupae found in dead Adenocarphus viscosus in Bosque de la Esperanza environs (1717 m a.s.l., Tenerife, Canary Islands) on June 27, 2019. The living beetles were reared from larvae find in dead branches of Adenocarpus in Tenerife (Canary Islands) in spring 2010 and 2021.Collected by David Navrátil, Jan Hrbek and Daniel Rydzi
[❖]
Brullé A.G.:
Animaux articulés recueillis aux îles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot. Entomologie.
In Webb F. P. & Berthelot S.: Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, Paris 2 [1838]: 1-119 [page 62], 1839.
paru en 1839 d'après Horn & Schenkling [download]
[✧]
Demelt C.:
Beschreibung einer neuen untergattung aus dem tribus Hesperophanini von Teneriffa (Canarische Inseln).
Koleopterologische Rundschau, Wien 49: 5-7, 1971. [download
Hesperoferus roridus ♂ [Photo © Jan Hrbek]
Hesperoferus roridus ♀ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Hesperoferus Demelt, 1971 |
| Species | Hesperoferus roridus (Brullé, 1838) |