Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) neuhausi Müller, 1916
[= Pogonochaerus caroli icosiensis Peyerimhoff, 1918]
[= Pogonochaerus icosiensis Peyerimhoff, 1918]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: POGONOCHERINI

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

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Pogonocherus neuhausi, a relatively rare Mediterranean species occuring in west of Balcan peninsuly, Italy and Maghreb, has been described from Lokrum island (Dalmatia) by Giuseppe Müller in 1916 [❖]. The North African population of P. neuhausi has been described separately from Algeria as Pogonochaerus caroli icosiensis by Paul-Marie Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle in 1918 [✮] and for a long time was considered a valid taxon. Biology of P. neuhausi is similar to other "pine" species of the genus Pogonocherus, e.g., P. fasciculatus.

Body length:	4 - 6 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	March - August
Host plant:	pines, especially in Pinus halepensis
Distribution:	Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in dead twigs of Pinus halepensis collected in Primošten environs (N43°35′43″ E15°55′55″; Šibenik-Knin county, Dalmatia, Croatia) on July 21, 2011 and July 23-31, 2012.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[❖]
Müller G.:
Coleopterologische Beiträge zur Fauna der österreichischen Karstprovinzen und ihrer Grenzgebiete.
Entomologische Blätter 12 (4-6): 73-109, 1916. [download ]

[✮]
Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle P.-M.:
Nouveaux Coléoptères du Nord-Africain (Vingt-huitième note: Faune du Pin d'Alep).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 87: 141-144, 1918. [download ]

Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte IV / Partie IV : Cerambycidae : Lamiinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 29 (1): 26-65, 2020. [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821
Subgenus	Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821
Species	Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) neuhausi Müller, 1916