Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) gladiatrix, a rare endemic species to Morocco known only from montane evergreen oak forests of the High Atlas,
has been described from Tizi N'Test pass environs (High Atlas) by Gianfranco Sama in 2008 [✧]. According to Sergi Trócoli [❖],
the status of the species is still unclear and requires further taxonomic research; it may be either a separate taxon or a form of the very plastic species
Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) tangeriana (Tournier, 1875).
| Body length: | 13 - 20 mm |
| Life cycle: | at least 2 years |
| Adults in: | June - July |
| Host plant: | Quercus rotundifolia |
| Distribution: | an endemic species to Morocco |
The depicted male beetle was collected in Tizi N'Test pass environs (1300-1900 m a.s.l., High Atlas Mts., Al Haouz province, Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco) on June 28, 2004.
Collected by Jan Horák
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Sama G.:
Preliminary note on the Cerambycid fauna of North Africa with the description of new taxa (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 4 27: 217-245, 2008.
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Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos / Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte II / Partie II : Cerambycidae, Lepturinae, Vesperidae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (2): 72-84, 2019.
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