Molorchus (Molorchus) bassettii, a rare species endemic to Cyprus developing in dead
branches of Cedrus libani brevifolia, has been described as Glaphyra bassettii by Gianfranco Sama in 1992 [❖].
| Body length: | 5 - 8 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April - June |
| Host plant: | Cedrus libani brevifolia |
| Distribution: | endemic species to Cyprus |
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in the dead Cedrus twigs in Cedar Valley (Pafos environs
Troodos Mts., Cyprus) in March 2006, April 2022/2024.
Collected by Pavel Jelínek and Petr Jelínek
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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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Sama G.:
Note sui Molorchini. II. I generi Glaphyra Newman, 1840 e Nathrioglaphyra nov. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 95 (3): 363-390, 1995.
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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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