Purpuricenus dalmatinus Sturm, 1843
[= Purpuricenus Fellowsii White, 1845]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Purpuricenus dalmatinus, a beautiful and widespread East-Mediterranean faunistic element, has been described from Dalmatia (Croatia) by Jacob Sturm in 1843 [▽].

Body length:	14 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	oaks (Quercus spp.)
Distribution:	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Slovenia, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon

The depicted living beetle was photographed by our friend Daniel Rydzi in Meteora (Μετέωρα) environs (Thessaly, Greece) on May 24, 2022.

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Sturm J.:
Catalog der Käfer-Sammlung von Jacob Sturm.
Nürnberg, 386pp, 1843. [download ]

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[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Trachyderini Dupont, 1836
Genus	Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821
Species	Purpuricenus dalmatinus Sturm, 1843