Alosterna (Alosterna) scapularis (Heyden, 1878)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

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[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]

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Alosterna scapularis, a species known from Azerbaidjan and North Iran, has been described from "Hadschyabad, in Persien" (Hadjiabad at Gorgan, Iran) as Strangalia scapularis by Lucas F.J.D. von Heyden in 1878 [▽].

Body length:	♂♂ 5.5 - 7.5 mm / ♀♀ 6 - 9.5 mm
Life cycle:	2 years [?]
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	larval development unknown
Distribution:	SE Azerbaidjan (Talysh Mts.), North Iran

The beetles in the picture were collected 2km SE of Peştətük (375 m a.s,l., Lerik Rayon, Talysh Mts., Azerbaijan), on May 5-12,2014.

Collected by Roman Królik

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L.F.J.D. Heyden (in Schneider O. and Leder H.):
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der kaukasischen Käferfauna.
W. Burkart, Brünn, [1878]: 360pp [page 325], 1879. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus	Alosterna Mulsant, 1863
Subgenus	Alosterna Mulsant, 1863
Species	Alosterna scapularis (Heyden, 1878)