Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Pilemia kostali, a rare endemic species to Iran, has been described from Mâzandarân province (Iran) as Phytoecia (Pseudopilemia) kostali by Lukáš Skořepa in 2022 [✩]. Larvae of P. kostali develop in stalks and roots of Stachys byzantina (Lamiaceae). Adults, active in May and June, can be found on the host plants.
Body length: 4 - 8 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Stachys byzantina (Lamiaceae) Distribution: an endemic species to Iran
The depicted mounted beetles were collected on the host plant in: ♂♀ - Kīnj (كينج) village environs (1550-1600 m a.s.l., Kojur district, Nowshahr county, Mâzandarân province, Iran) on May 20-21, 2017;
♂HT (holotype) - the same locality on June 3-4, 2016.Collected by David Navrátil and Lukáš Skořepa
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Skořepa L.:
New Phytoecia (Pseudopilemia) species from North Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Natura Somogyiensis 38 (9): 13-18, 2022. [download]
Male genitalia of Pilemia (Pseudopilemia) kostali (Skořepa, 2022) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Pilemia Fairmaire, 1863 |
| Subgenus | Pseudopilemia Kasatkin, 2018 |
| Species | Pilemia (Pseudopilemia) kostali (Skořepa, 2022) |