ssp. opifex Mulsant, 1851
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: ERGATINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
A subspecies known for imited range: from North Africa and parts of Italy - Sicily and Calabria. Distinguished from E. faber faber (Linnaeus, 1761) on the basis of the female pronotum structure - there is a visible smooth surface, a characteristic "mirror". Ecological requirements and development are similar to those of the nominative subspecies. E. faber opifex has been desribed from Algeria as Ergates opifex by Étienne Mulsant in 1851 [❖].
Body length: 25 - 60 mm Life cycle: several years Adults in: June – September Host plant: oligofagus of coniferous trees, mostly Pinus spp. Distribution: North Africa and Southern Italy
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead Corsican pines (Pinus nigra laricio) in pine forests on Mt. Etna slopes (Piano Provenzana environs, Linguaglossa, Metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy) in summer 2010 (AW) and 2022 (MC/SN).Collected by M. Carraretto, Stefania Nappini and Adam Woźniak
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Mulsant E.:
Description de quelques coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la tribu des Longicornes, suivie d'observations sur diverses espèces de cette tribu
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon (2) 1: 122-137, 1851. [download]
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 (R.A.R.E.) 27 (3): 130-140, 2018 [download
Male genitalia of Ergates faber opifex Mulsant, 1851 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]
| Subfamilia | Prioninae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Ergatini Fairmaire, 1864 |
| Genus | Ergates Audinet-Serville, 1832 |
| Species | Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1761) |
| Subspecies | Ergates faber opifex Mulsant, 1851 |