Ropalopus (Ropalopus) ledereri Fairmaire, 1866
ssp. ledereri Fairmaire, 1866

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CALLIDIINI
Ropalopus ledereri

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Ropalopus ledereri, a beautiful and very rare species of the southeastern Mediterranean region, has beed described from Asia Minor by Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire in 1866 [▽]. The nominative subspecies R. ledereri ledereri occurs in Israel, Jordan and South-East Turkey.

Both subspecies of R. ledereri are typical inhabitants of quickly receding Quercus calliprinos forest-steppe formations. Adult beetles can be found sitting on leaves of the hosts or occasionally they gather on juice-oozing oak trees. They never visit flowers.

Body length:9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:oaks (Quercus spp.)
Distribution:Israel, Jordan, Turkey


The depicted beetle was beaten from a living oak (Quercus) in Karadut village environs (Nemrut Dagi National Park, Adiyaman province, Anatolia, SE Turkey).

Collected by Michal Hoskovec


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Fairmaire L.M.H.:
Notice sur les Coléoptères récoltés par M. J. Lédérer sur le Bosz-Dagh (Asie Mineure).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris (4) 6: 249-280, 1866. [download pdf icon]

Sama G.:
Su alcuni nuovi o interessanti Cerambicidi del medio Oriente (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 13 (supplemento): 91-105, 2000. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaCerambycinae Latreille, 1802
TribusCallidiini Mulsant, 1839
GenusRopalopus Mulsant, 1839
SubgenusRopalopus Mulsant, 1839
SpeciesRopalopus (Ropalopus) ledereri Fairmaire, 1866
SpeciesRopalopus (Ropalopus) ledereri ledereri Fairmaire, 1866