Phytoecia (Fulgophytoecia) circumdata Kraatz, 1882
[= Helladia circumdata (Kraatz, 1882)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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

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Phytoecia circumdata, a Central-Asian species occuring in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, has been described from Samarqand environs by Gustav Kraatz in 1882 [▽]. Into newly estabilihed subgenus Fulgophytoecia was this interesting species included by Maurice Pic in 1900 [❖].

Body length:	8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Echium
Distribution:	Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

The depicted beetle was collected was found on the host plant (Echium sp.) in Agalyk (Агалы́к) Mts. (1200 m a.s.l., Zarafshan Range / Зеравшанский хребет, Samarqand district, Samarqand region, Uzbekistan) on May 27, 1990.

Collected by our mentor and teacher in entomology, Dr. Jaromír Strejček

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

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Pic M.:
Contribution a l'étude des Coléoptères d'Europe et des régions voisines. 2° Notes sur les Longicornes du Groupe des Phytæciaires..
Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, Paris 25: 14-16, 1900. [download ]

Skrylnik Y.E.:
Two new species of the genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 from Afghanistan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 110 (2) 2: 258-262, 2010. [download ] 

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