Phytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli Ganglbauer, 1884

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia merkli
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Phytoecia merkli, a specied known from Armenia, Syria and Turkey, has been described from Taurus Mts. (Turkey) by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1884 [✧]. According to Martin Rejzek et al. [❖] the host plants of Phytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli are Salvia sclarea (Lamiaceae), Salvia cf. tomentosa (Lamiaceae), and another still undetermined Lamiaceae plant.

Body length:7 - 10 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:oligophagous on Lamiaceae (e.g. Salvia spp.)
Distribution:Armenia, Syria, Turkey


The depicted beetles were collected on Salvia sp. in summit plateaus of Nemrut Dagi Mt. (Adiyaman province, Anatolia, SE Turkey) on June 11, 2011.

Collected by M.Hoskovec


[✧]
Ganglbauer L.:
Bestimmungstabellen europäischer Coleopteren: viii. Cerambycidae. Schluss. Mit Berücksichtigung der Formen Algiers und des paläarktischen Asiens, exclusive jener von Japan.
Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 [1883]: 437–586, 1884. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G.:
Host plants of several herb-feeding Cerambycidae mainly from east Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 17 (4): 263-294, 2001. [download pdf icon]

[ key of Neomusaria subgenus ]
Özdikmen H. & Özdikmen G.:
Updated world species list of the subgenus Phytoecia (Neomusaria) Plavilstshikov, 1928 with two new subspecies from Turkey (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 11 (2): 492-500, 2016. [download pdf icon]


Phytoecia merkli
Phytoecia merkli
Phytoecia merkli
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Dejean, 1835
GenusNeomusaria Plavilstshikov, 1928
SpeciesPhytoecia (Neomusaria) merkli Ganglbauer, 1884