Certallum thoracicum Sharp, 1880
[= Cartallum thoracicum Sharp, 1880]
[= Cartallum laevicolle Pic, 1895]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: PYTHEINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Certallum thoracicum, a species distributed in Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Near East and Turkey, has been described from Jeddah environs (Saudi Arabia) by David Sharp in 1880 [★].

Body length:	6 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years [?]
Adults in:	March - June
Host plant:	unknown but probably some herbaceous plants [?]
Distribution:	Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey

The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - rock steppe 3 km SE of Dhāt Ra”s/ذات رأس (N30°59.2′ E35°44.2′; 850 m a.s.l., Karak Governorate, Jordan) on April 24, 2006; ♀ - 10km S Dārān (N32°53′40″ E50°27′53″; Faridan county, Isfahan province, Iran) on May 13, 2010.

Collected by F. & L. Kantner and Daniele Baiocchi (Petr Kabátek in coll.)

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[★]
Sharp D.:
Description of a new Longicorn Beetle from Arabia.
The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London 16: 246-247, 1880. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Pytheini Thomson, 1864
Genus	Certallum Dejean, 1821
Species	Certallum thoracicum Sharp, 1880