Paramallosia afghanica, very rare and not so well known species of monotypic genus Paramallosia Fuchs, 1955, was described by
Austrian entomologist Ernst Fuchs from Afghanistan (Tarapas valley/ترپس, Koh-i-Baba Mts., Bāmīān province) in 1955 [❖].
| Body length: | 18 - 23 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | May-June |
| Host plant: | unknown |
| Distribution: | species endemic to Afghanistan [✧] |
The depicted beetle was collected in Waras village environs (2500 m a.s.l., Panjab district, Bāmīān province, Afghanistan) on June 25, 2016.
Collected by Oleg Pak
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Fuchs E.:
The 3rd Danish Expedition to Central Asia, Zoological Result 17. Cerambycidae (Insecta) aus Afghanistan.
Videnskebelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorik Forening 5: 271-274, 1955.
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Lazarev M.A.:
Catalogue of Afghanistan Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with two descriptions of new Phytoecia (Parobereina Danilevsky, 2018) from Central Asia.
Humanity space - International Almanac 8 (2): 104-140, 2019.
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