[= Chlorophorus nigripes (Brullé, 1832)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec, Fuji Superia 400 35 mm film scan]
Chlorophorus aegyptiacus, an East Medirranean species occuring in Balcan Peninsula and Turkey, has been described from "Oriente" as Callidium aegyptiacum by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1775 [✧].
Body length: 7 - 10 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Pistacia) Distribution: Bulgaria, Crete, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey
The depicted beetle was reared from a dead kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) branch found in Malia (North Crete).Collected by Michal Hoskovec
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Fabricius J.C.:
Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus.
Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi & Lipsiae 832pp [page 194], 1775. [download]
Doychev D., Topalov P., Zaemdjikova G., Sakalian V. & Georgiev G.:
Host Plants of Xylophagous Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Bulgaria.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 69 (4): 511-528, 2017. [download
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Chlorophorus Chevrolat, 1863 |
| Species | Chlorophorus aegyptiacus (Fabricius, 1775) |