Pedostrangalia (Neosphenalia) emmipoda, an elegant East Mediterranean flower visiting species, has been described from Turkey as Strangalia emmipoda by Étienne Mulsant in 1863 [▽].
According to Gianfranco Sama [❖][✮], P. emmipoda larvae develop in the dead parts of living deciduous trees, so the biology is probably very similar to
Pedostrangalia revestita (Linnaeus, 1767). Adults, active in May and July, are diurnal and anthophilous.
| Body length: | 11 - 16 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years [?] |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees (Carpinus sp., Quercus cerris) |
| Distribution: | South Greece (Rhodos), Syria, Lebanon, Turkey |
The depicted beetle collected in Sebil village environs (Çamlıyayla district, Mersin province, Turkey) on May 30, 2010.
Collected by Denis G. Kasatkin
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Mulsant É.:
Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Longicornes.
Annales de la Société Impériale d'Agriculture, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts Utiles de Lyon: 481-590 [page 531], 1863.
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Sama G.:
Contribution à la connaissance des Longicornes de Grèce et d'Asie Mineure (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 12 (4): 101-116, [1995] 1996.
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Sama G., Rapuzzi P. and Kairouz A.:
Catalogue commenté des Cerambycidae du Liban. An annotated catalogue of the Cerambycidae of Lebanon (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 30: 131-201, 2010
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