Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]
Trichoferus cisti, an endemic species to Morocco, has been originally described as Trichoferus spartii cisti from Tizi-n'Test (Morocco) by Gianfranco Sama in 1987 [❖]. Larvae of this species develop in living stems and roots of pink rockrose (Cistus villosus).
Body length: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: Cistus villosus Distribution: species endemic to Morocco
The depicted mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in Tizi n'Test pass environs (1400-2000 m a.s.l., Haut Atlas Mts., Morocco) on September 7, 2007. The living specimens were reared from larvae found in Cistus villosus in the same locality on May 27, 2022.Collected by Milan Šárovec and Petr Jelínek
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Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 4 (1): 43-64, 1987. [download]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143-185, 2019. [download
Male genitalia of Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Trichoferus cisti ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Trichoferus cisti ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Trichoferus cisti ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854 |
| Species | Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987 |