ssp. lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832)
[= Clytus lugubris Ménétriés, 1832]
[= Plagionotus lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Plagionotus arcuatus lugubris, a subspecies occuring in Azerbaijan, North Iran and Turkmenia, has been described from Talysh Mountains (Azerbaijan) as Clytus lugubris by Edouard Ménétriés in 1832 [▽]. In the work of Maxim Lazarev from 2010 [❖], it is already considered a subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus.
Body length: 8 - 20 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: prefers Quercus spp., but also reported from deciduous trees (Castanea, Fagus) Distribution: Azerbaijan, North Iran, Turkmenia [❖]
The depicted beetles were collected in the surroundings of Minúdast (NE Iran, Khorásán province).Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki and Petr Kabátek
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Ménétriés E.:
Catalogue raisonné des objets de Zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse entrepris par ordre de S. M. L' Empereur.
Saint-Pétersbourg 4: 1-271 + i-xxxviii, 1832. [download]
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Lazarev M.A.:
New subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Transcaucasia and Kyrgyzstan (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 6 (1-2): 149-164, 2010. [downloadKrólik R., Kruszelnicki L., Lasoń A., Walczak M.:
Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Zootaxa 4942 (4): 558-568, 2021. [download
[Photo © František Kovařík]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Plagionotus Latreille, 1829 |
| Species | Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Subspecies | Plagionotus arcuatus lugubris (Ménétriés, 1832) |