Cerambyx (Cerambyx) cerdo Linnaeus, 1758
ssp. mirbeckii (Lucas, 1842)
[= Cerambyx mirbeckii (Lucas, 1842)]
[= Cerambyx mirbecki (Lucas, 1842)]
[= Cerambyx velutinus v. Tunisicus Pic, 1891]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CERAMBYCINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Cerambyx (Cerambyx) cerdo mirbeckii, a West-Mediterranean subspecies occuring in Maghreb and Mallorca (Spain) [✮], has been described from Algeria as Hamaticherus Mirbeckii by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1842 [✧]. The biology is analogous to the nominate subspecies.

Body length:	18 - 57 mm
Life cycle:	3 and more years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	predominantly in Quercus spp. (Q. ilex, Q. canariensis, Q. suber)
Distribution:	Spain (Mallorca), Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

The depicted beetles were collected during night on cork oaks (Quercus suber) in Sidi Bouknadel (بوقنادل)) environs (120 m a.s.l., Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, Morocco) on May 23, 2023.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[✧]
Lucas P.H.:
Aperçu des espèces nouvelles d'Insectes qui se trouvent dans nos possessions françaises du Nord de l'Afrique, deuxième décade. Famille des Longicornes.
Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie) 2 (18): 184-188, 1842. [download ]

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Sláma E.M.:
Cerambyx cerdo iranicus Heyrovský, 1951 and other subspecies of Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Humanity space - International Almanac 8 (2): 199-207, 2019. [download ]

[✮]
Petitpierre E.:
Datos inéditos de Vesperidae y Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) de Mallorca (Illes Balears, España).
Arquivos Entomolóxicos 25: 21-24, 2022. [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.) 8 (3): 143-185, 2019 [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Cerambycini Latreille, 1804
Genus	Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenus	Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758
Species	Cerambyx (Cerambyx) cerdo Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies	Cerambyx (Cerambyx) cerdo acuminatus (Lucas, 1842)