Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842
ssp. slamorum Danilevsky, 2012
[= Macrotoma scutellaris (Germar, 1817)]
[= Prinobius myardi scutellaris (Germar, 1817)]

Subfamilia: PRIONINAE  /  Tribus: MACROTOMINI

Prinobius myardi slamorum
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]


Prinobius myardi slamorum is an common East-Mediterranean taxon distributed from Balcan peninsula to Iran. The name for this subspecies has been proposed by Mikchail Danilevsky in 2012 [❖]. This polyphagous beetle develops in broad spectrum of deciduos trees (Quercus, Fraxinus, Acer, Pyrus, Morus, Alnus, Populus, Salix, Platanus, Pistacia, Olea etc.). Larvae prefer dead trunks or branches of a larger diameter. Life cycle 3 and more years. Adults, active from June to September, are crepuscular/nocturnal and can be attracted by light [✧].

The unclear taxonomic situation within the taxon P. myardi is still debatable and confirmation of the existence/validity of the 5 known subspecies [✧] probably needs further research.

Body length:♂♂ 28 - 47 mm / ♀♀ 35 - 50 mm
Life cycle:several years
Adults in:June - September
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees
Distribution:Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Creta, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Montenegro, Iran


The depicted mounted beetles ware collected in Kokkino Nero (Mount Ossa environs, Thessaly, Greece) July 6-16, 2012. The living beetles were reared from larvae found in Malia (North Crete, Greece) and Eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Thessaly, Greece), respectively.

Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki, Adam Woźniak and M.Rejzek


[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Additions and corrections to the new Catalogue of Palaearctic Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) edited by I. Löbl and A. Smetana, 2010. Part. V.
Humanity space - International Almanac 75: 1 (3): 695-741, 2012. [download pdf icon]

[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 31-33], 2014. [download pdf icon]


Prinobius myardi slamorum
Prinobius myardi slamorum
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]


Prinobius myardi slamorum
Prinobius myardi slamorum
Prinobius myardi slamorum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



 
SubfamiliaPrioninae Latreille, 1802
TribusMacrotomini J. Thomson, 1861
GenusPrinobius Mulsant, 1842
SpeciesPrinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842
SubspeciesPrinobius myardi slamorum Danilevsky, 2012