Saperda (Compsidia) quercus Charpentier, 1825
ssp. ocellata Abeille de Perrin, 1895

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Saperda quercus ocellata

[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]



Saperda (Compsidia) quercus ocellata, a subspecies occuring in South-East Mediterranean (Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey), has been described from Akbès (Alep governorate, Syria) as Saperda ocellata by Elzéar Abeille De Perrin in 1895 [✧].

Body length:12 - 17 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:living oak (Quercus spp.) twigs
Distribution:Israel [❖], Jordan, Syria, Turkey


The depicted beetle was beaten from living oak in Hasanbeyli environs (Osmaniye province, Mediterranean region of Turkey) on June 1, 2002.

Collected by Z.Košťál and J.Voříšek


[✧]
Abeille De Perrin E.:
Séance du 8 mai 1895. Descriptions de deux Coléoptères subeuropéens.
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris ccxxix-ccxxx, 1895. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Sama G. and Orbach E.:
Notes on several Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Israel, with description of Pseudobolivarita negevensis n.gen., n.sp. (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 17 (supplemento): 63-68, 2003.
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SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusSaperda Fabricius, 1775
SubgenusCompsidia Mulsant, 1839
SpeciesSaperda (Compsidia) quercus Charpentier, 1825
SubspeciesSaperda (Compsidia) quercus ocellata Abeille de Perrin, 1895