Pseudogaurotina excellens (Brancsik, 1874)
[= Gaurotes excellens (Brancsik, 1874)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: CARILIINI
Pseudogaurotina excellens
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

The depicted mounted beetles were collected on leaves of their host plant (black honeysuckle, Lonicera nigra) in Podbánské (Vysoké Tatry Mts., North Slovakia). The species is under a strict protection at present and can not be collected without breaking of the law! The living beetles, freshly emerged from Lonicera trump, were photographed in the same locality in June 2017.

Body length:9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:2 - 3 years
Adults in:June - July
Host plant:honeysuckle (Lonicera nigra, Lonicera tatarica)
Distribution:a very rare species endemic to the Carpathians (Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Rumania)


Re-mounted specimens (over 55 years old) collected by Jiří Lorenc, in Martin Švarc collection.


Pseudogaurotina excellens
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Pseudogaurotina excellens
Pseudogaurotina excellens
Pseudogaurotina excellens
Pseudogaurotina excellens
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLepturinae Latreille, 1802
TribusCariliini Zamoroka, 2022
GenusPseudogaurotina Plavilshtshikov, 1958
SpeciesPseudogaurotina excellens (Brancsik, 1874)