Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1891
ssp. eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1891

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: POGONOCHERINI
Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae

[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]






This rare Pogonocherus species, recently discovered also in Czechia, has so far only been known from Austria and South-East Europe. It develops in dead fir (Abies sp.) branches. P. eugeniae was described from Austria by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1891 [▽].

Body length:7 - 9 mm
Life cycle:1-2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:conifers: prefers Abies, rare records in Pinus.
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Romania


The depicted mounted beetle was reared from larva developing in Abies cephalonica twig found in Arachova environs (1660 m a.s.l., Parnass Mts., Biotia, Greece) on May 24.-25, 2018. The living specimen was reared from larva feeding in the fir (Abies alba) branch found in Adamov environs (South Moravia, Czechia).

Collected by David Navrátil and Petr Jelínek


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Ganglbauer L.:
Zwei neue Pogonochaerus-Arten.
Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 10 (4): 131-132, 1891. [download pdf icon]


Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae
Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae
Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae
Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae
Pogonocherus eugeniae eugeniae
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusPogonocherini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPogonocherus Dejean, 1821
SubgenusPogonocherus Dejean, 1821
SpeciesPogonocherus (Pogonocherus) eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1891
SubspeciesPogonocherus (Pogonocherus) eugeniae eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1891