Phytoecia (Pseudocoptosia) cinerascens Kraatz, 1882
[= Coptosia (Pseudocoptosia) cinerascens (Kraatz, 1882)]
[= Pseudocoptosia cinerascens (Kraatz, 1882)]
[= Phytoecia sokolovi Semenov, 1895]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Phytoecia (Pseudocoptosia) cinerascens, an interesting Central-Asian Phytoecia-species, has been described from Samarkand environs (Uzbekistan) by Gustav Kraatz in 1882 [✧].

Body length:	8 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	unknown
Distribution:	Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Depicted mounted beetles were collected in Saryagash (Сарыағаш/Saryağaş) environs (Saryagash district, Turkistan region, Kazakhstan) on April 18, 1989.

Collected by V. Bíža

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[✧]
Heyden L.F. and Kraatz G.:
Käfer um Samarkand, gesammelt von Haberhauer.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 26 (2): 297-338, 1882. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Révision du genre Phytoecia Muls. (Col. Cerambycidae).
Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 2 (1): 1-103, 1951. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Phytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus	Pseudocoptosia Pic, 1900
Species	Phytoecia (Pseudocoptosia) cinerascens Kraatz, 1882