Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: PIDONIINI
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Pseudosieversia rufa, a rare species occuring in Russian Far East, SE China and Korea, has ben described as Pidonia rufa from "East Siberia" by Gustav Kraatz in 1879 [▽]. P. rufa, ecologically associated with Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica) and Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica), inhabits deciduous forests in lower terraces of river valleys. The larvae develop in the soil on the roots of the host trees, feeding on their bark. Pupation in pupal cells located 4-5 cm below the soil surface, life-cycle two years. Beetles, active from the end of June to August (peak mid-July), are diurnal and very rarely visit flowers. Males often congregate on blades of grass, where they wait for females hatching from the soil and mate with them immediately [✧][❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 10.0 - 14.5 mm / ♀♀ 13.5 - 16.0 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: oligophagous on roots of deciduous trees (Juglans mandshurica, Fraxinus mandshurica) Distribution: Russia (Far East), SE China and Korea
The depicted beetles were collected ca. 7 km W of Kravtsovka (Кравцовка) village (N43°21′42″ E131°33′25″; Khasansky district, South of Primorsky krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia) on July 1-4, 2016.Collected by A.Prosvirov
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Kraatz G.:
UUeber die Bockkäfer Ost-Sibiriens, namentlich die von Christoph am Amur gesammelten.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 23 (1): 77-117, 1879. [download]
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Cherepanov A.I.:
Cerambycidae of Northern Asia, Volume 1 - Prioninae, Disteniinae, Lepturinae, Aseminae.
Amerind Publishing, New Delhi: 304pp [pages 245-250], 1988. [download[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [page 207-208], 2014. [download
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Pidoniini Zamoroka, 2022 |
| Genus | Pseudosieversia Pic, 1902 |
| Species | Pseudosieversia rufa |