ssp. hirticollis Motschulsky, 1860
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: PRIONINI
[Photo © David David Navrátil and Lech Kruszelnicki]
Psilotarsus hirticollis hirticollis, a species occuring in South Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, has been described from Trans-Ili Alatau Mts. (Kazakhstan) by Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky in 1860 [▽]. Biology of P. hirticollis hirticollis is not well known, but larvae develop in the soil probably on the roots of desert herbs and shrubs (Taraxacum, Capparis, etc.) [★].
Body length: ♂♂ 27 - 40 mm / ♀♀ 27 - 50 mm Life cycle: at least 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: inadequately known, probably polyphagous on roots of desert herbs and shrubs (Taraxacum, Capparis, etc.) Distribution: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
The all depicted mounted beetles were collected in Kazakhstan, the first male from the left in Abai village environs (Keles river valley, Shymkent region, Kazakhstan) on May 11, 2001 by Mikhail Danilevsky.
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Motschulsky V.I.:
Coléoptères rapportés en 1859 par M. Sévertsef des Steppes méridionales des Kirghises, et énumérés par V. de Motschulsky.
Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg 2: 408-448, 1860.[★]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow 1: 522pp [pages 55-56], 2014. [download]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Review of genus Psilotarsus Motschulsky, 1860, stat. Rest. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae).
Les Cahiers Magellanes 3: 1-34, 2000. [download
| Subfamilia | Prioninae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Prionini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Psilotarsus Motschulsky, 1860 |
| Species | Psilotarsus hirticollis Motschulsky, 1860 |
| Subspecies | Psilotarsus hirticollis hirticollis Motschulsky, 1860 |