[= Vadonia bitliensis var. instigmata Pic, 1889]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Vadonia instigmata, an unmistakable and massive Irano-Anatolian Vadonia species, has been described from Bitlis (Turkey) as Vadonia bitliensis var. instigmata by Maurice Pic in 1889 [▽]. V. instigmata was considered to be endemic to Turkey for a long time, but it also occurs in Iran [✧].
Body length: 15 - 19 mm Life cycle: 2 years [?] Adults in: May - June Host plant: unknown Distribution: Iran, Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected in Shamshir (شمشير) environs (1830 m a.s.l.; Central District of Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran) on May 26, 2017.Collected by David Navrátil
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Pic M.:
Séance du 11 septembre 1889. [Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Longicorne du genre Neodorcadion Gangl.et communication sur Vadonia bitliensis Chevr.].
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 9 (6): clxxv-clxxvi, 1889. [download]
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Vartanis J.:
Vadonia persica sp.nov. from Iran and Vadonia klichai sp. nov. from Greece, two new species of the genus Vadonia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 12 (1): 341-345, 2017. [download
Male genitalia of Vadonia instigmata Pic, 1889 in detail: A. lateral lobes, B. subgenital plate. C. aedeagus,
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Vadonia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Species | Vadonia instigmata Pic, 1889 |