ssp. cypriensis Lazarev & Ambrus, 2021
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
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Purpuricenus interscapillatus, a rare taxon occuring in Turkey and Near East, has been originally described from Asia Minor as Purpuricenus budensis v. humeralis by Maurice Pic in 1891 [✧]. But thanks to preoccupation of name humeralis, valid is name Purpuricenus budensis v. interscapillatus published first by Nikolai Nikolaevitch Plavilstshikov in 1937 [✳]. However, it is currently considered a separate species with many subspecies (Rapuzzi P. and Sama G., 2013 [❖]). P. interscapillatus cypriensis, an endemic subspecies to Cyprus, has been described from Pano Panagia environs (Paphos ditrict, Cyprus) by Maxim A. Lazarev and Richard Ambrus in 2021 [✮] P. interscapillatus cypriensis famales oviposit on living terminal twigs of Prunus amygdalus. The larvae girdle the twigs to interrupt flow of sap and develop in the dead part of the twigs.
Body length: 11 - 17 mm Life cycle: at least 2 years Adults in: June Host plant: probably polyphagous in deciduous trees, we have demonstrated development in the almond (Prunus amygdalus) Distribution: an endemic subspecies to Cyprus
Depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in terminal twigs of Prunus amygdalus in Prodromi (Προδρόμι) environs (Paphos district, Cyprus) on April 15, 2022 (beetles emerged on June 9-11, 2022).Collected by David Navrátil
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Pic M.:
Faune Franco-algérienne (variétés).
Matériaux pour servir à l'étude des Longicornes 1 (1): 1-50, 1891. [download]
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Plavilstshikov N.N.:
Synonymische Bemerkungen über Cerambyciden (Coleoptera) IV.
Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand 3: 246-248, 1937.[❖]
Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download[✮]
Lazarev M.A. & Ambrus R.:
A new subspecies of Purpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Cyprus.
Humanity space International Almanac 10 (4): 507-512, 2021. [download
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Trachyderini Dupont, 1836 |
| Genus | Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Purpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937 |
| Subspecies | Purpuricenus interscapillatus cypriensis Lazarev & Ambrus, 2021 |