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.
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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.
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