ssp. inopinatus (Sláma, 2010)
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLIDIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Phymatodes pusillus inopinatus, a rare subspecies endemic to North Greece, has been described from Thessaly and Macedonia as Poecilium pusillum inopinatum by Milan E. F. Sláma in 2010 [❖]. Biology of the taxon is practically identical with the nominotypical subspecies, P. pusillus pusillus (Fabricius, 1787).
Body length: 5.9 - 9 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: April - June Host plant: Quercus spp. Distribution: a subspecies endemic to North Greece
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in oak (Quercus sp.) branch in Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεόδωροι) village environs (N40°00′26″ E21°28′35″); 730 m a.s.l., Kozani regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece) on May 17, 2016.Collected by David Navrátil
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Sláma M.E.F.:
Contribution to the recognition of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 27 (3): 74-86, 2010. [download]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callidiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839 |
| Subgenus | Phymatoderus Reitter, 1913 |
| Species | Phymatodes (Phymatoderus) pusillus (Fabricius, 1787) |
| Subspecies | Phymatodes (Phymatoderus) pusillus inopinatus (Sláma, 2010) |