ssp. marmottani Brisout de Barneville, 1863
[= Glaphyra marmottani (Brisout de Barneville, 1863)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: MOLORCHINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Molorchus marmottani marmottani, which belongs to the less collected and relatively rare species through a relatively large area of occurrence, was described from Canigou (Pyrenees Mts., France) by Charles Nicolas F. Brisout de Barneville in 1863 [▽]. Development in pines (Pinus spp.) and as with most other species of the genus, M. marmottani marmottani larvae attack thin freshly dead or dying branches. Life cycle 2-3 years, pupation in late summer in wood, adults emerge in the next year from May to July. Adults don't visit flowers, but can be beaten from dying or dead branches of the host trees.
Body length: 5 - 9 mm Life cycle: 2-3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: pines (Pinus spp.) Distribution: Austria, Bulgaria, Russia: Central and South European Territory, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in Pinus sylvestris twigs in Váté písky natural monument (Bzenec environs, Hodonín district, South Moravia, Czechia) in March 2023.Collected by David Navrátil
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Brisout de Barneville C.N.F.:
Molorchus marmottani.
in: Catalogue des Coléoptères de France par M. le Dr A. Grenier et Matériaux pour servir à la Faune des Coléoptères français (Grenier A.J.F., Ed.)
Imprimerie de L. Toinon & Cie, Saint-Germain, 135pp [pages 118-119], 1863. [download]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Molorchini Mulsant, 1863 |
| Genus | Molorchus Fabricius, 1793 |
| Subgenus | Molorchus Fabricius, 1793 |
| Species | Molorchus (Molorchus) marmottani Brisout de Barneville, 1863 |
| Subspecies | Molorchus (Molorchus) marmottani marmottani Brisout de Barneville, 1863 |