Molorchus (Caenoptera) abieticola Holzschuh, 2007

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: MOLORCHINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Molorchus abieticola, an interesting and rare species endemic to Turkey, has been described from Southern Turkey by Carolus Holzschuh in 2007 [▽].

Body length:	9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Cilician fir (Abies cilicica)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Turkey

The depicted male beetles were reared from larvae found in dead twigs of Abies cilicica in Namrun (Çamlıyayla, Mersin province, Turkey) on May 25, 2011.

Collected by P.Rapuzzi and G.Sama

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Holzschuh C.:
Beschreibung von 80 neuen Bockkäfern aus der orientalischen und palaearktischen Region, vorwiegend aus China, Laos und Borneo (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Entomologica Basiliensa et Collectionis Frey 29: 177-286, 2007 [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Molorchini Mulsant, 1863
Genus	Molorchus Fabricius, 1793
Subgenus	Caenoptera C.G. Thomson, 1859
Species	Molorchus (Caenoptera) abieticola Holzschuh, 2007