Rhamnusium bicolor (Schrank, 1781)
ssp. testaceipenne Pic, 1897

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: RHAMNUSIINI

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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The key difference of this subspecies from Rhamnusium bicolor bicolor is the same color pattern in males and in females - both always with red head, prothorax, elytra and legs; besides 5th antennal joint relatively wide; abdomen and femora bases partly darkened [❖].

Body length:	♂ 16-18 mm / ♀ 16-20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Populus, Aesculus)
Distribution:	Most part of Krasnodar region, many specimens being known from the nearest environs of the city; Black Sea coast of Russia, as well as all Black Sea Transcaucasian coast; the taxon is known from Georgia eastwards to about Kutaisi; a big series was collected in Armenia near Idzhevan; south coast of Crimea Peninsula; North-east Turkey close to Caucasus.

The female beetle in the pictures was reared from larva collected in hollow of a living poplar (Populus sp.) 1 km E of Shoraveli (შორაველი, Adigeni district, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia).

Collected by Petr Jelínek

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Danilevsky M.L.:
A contribution to the revision of the genus Rhamnusium Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series 8 (1-2): 43-65, 2012. [download ]

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Rhamnusiini Sama, 2009
Genus	Rhamnusium Latreille, 1829)
Species	Rhamnusium bicolor (Schrank, 1781)
Subspecies	Rhamnusium bicolor testaceipenne Pic, 1897