Alocerus marcoi, a rare species endemic to High Atlas Mts. (Morocco), has been described from Tizi n' Test pass environs as
Alocerus moesiacus marcoi by Gianfranco Sama in 1987 [✱]. Larval development primarily in living or by other longhorn
beetles (Trichoferus ilicis, Purpuricenus barbarus,
Calchaenesthes sexmaculata) infested and weakened stems/twigs of young Quercus ilex rotundifolia.
However, the development may be almost identical to that of the common Alocerus moesiacus
(i.e. decaying parts of living big oaks) [✮]. Adults, active from May to July, are nocturnal and can be attracted by light.
| Body length: | 8 - 15 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 and more years |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | monophagous on Quercus ilex rotundifolia |
| Distribution: | a species endemic to High Atlas Mts. (Morocco) |
The depicted beetle were collected in Tanzzat hamlet environs (N30°54′49″; W08°18′58″;;
1870 m a.s.l., 10 km N Tizi n' Test pass, High Atlas Mts., Al Haouz province, Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco) on June 13, 2014.
Collected by friend Zdeněk Košťál
[✱]
Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 11 (1): 43-64, 1987.
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[✮]
Sama G.:
Atlas of the Cerambycidae of Europe and the Mediterranean Area. Volume 2: Northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt and Atlantic Isles.
Natura Edizioni Scientifiche di Alfonso Iorio, Bologna, Italy, 435 pp., 2023.
ISBN: 978-88-89327-16-6
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte I / Partie I : Prioninae, Aseminae, Saphaninae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 27 (3): 130-140, 2018.
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