Niphona (Niphona) picticornis Mulsant, 1839

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PTEROPLIINI
Niphona picticornis
[Photo © Tamás Németh]

In the Mediterranean region Niphona picticornis is a relatively common and a broadly polyphagous species. Larvae feed in dead branches and trunks of Ficus, Spartium, Castanea, Ulmus, Morus, Punica, Quercus, Sambucus, Laurus, Cercis, Phoenix, Pistacia, Rhamnus, etc. N. picticornis has been described from Draguignan environs (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France) by Étienne Mulsant in 1839 [❖].

Body length:10 - 19 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:April - October
Host plant:broadly polyphagous species
Distribution:whole Mediterranean region (Albania, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Corsica, Crete, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia)


The beetles in the pictures were: (TN) - found inside thin branches of Ficus carica on the coast of Agios Leon (Greece) in summer 2014; (PJ) - reared from dead branches of Ficus carica collected in Nin environs (Zadar county, Dalmatia, Croatia) in summer 2013.

Collected by Tamás Németh and Petr Jelínek


[❖]
Mulsant É.:
Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Longicornes.
Libraire Maison, Quai des Augustins 29, Paris, 304pp [pages 169-170], 1839. [download pdf icon]


Niphona picticornis
[Photo © Tamás Németh]
Niphona picticornis
Niphona picticornis
Niphona picticornis
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Niphona picticornis
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusPteropliini Thomson, 1860
GenusNiphona Mulsant, 1839
SubgenusNiphona Mulsant, 1839
SpeciesNiphona (Niphona) picticornis Mulsant, 1839