Stenopterus rufus, a xerothermic Euro-Turanian species, widespread from Portugal to Turkmenistan, has been described from "Europa australi" as Necydalis rufa by Carl Linné in 1767 [✳].
Its Middle Eastern subspecies, S. rufus syraiacus, occuring in South Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, was described from the vicinity of the town of Akbez (Turkey, formerly Syria) as
Stenopterus rufus v. syriacus by Maurice Pic in 1892 [✧].
| Body length: | 7 - 15 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years |
| Adults in: | May - August |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees |
| Distribution: | South Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel |
The depicted beetle was collected on flowers by Martin Rejzek in Slinfah (صلنفة) environs (al-Haffah district, Latakia governorate, Syria) in May 1998.
Collected by Martin Rejzek
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Linné C.:
Systema Naturæ.
Editio Duodecima Reformata, Laurent Salvius, Holmiæ 1 (2): 533-1327 [page 642], 1767.
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Pic M.:
Petite étude sur le genre Stenopterus Steph.
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 8 (86): 21-23, 1892.
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Sama G.:
Studi sugli Stenopterini. Il genere Stenopterus Illiger, 1804 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 100 (4): 385-410, 1995.
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