Stictoleptura ivoroberti, an endemic Greek species from Stictoleptura erythroptera group,
has been described from Paradeisia environs (Arcadia, Greece) by Gianfranco Sama in 2010 [▽]. The species is rather similar to S. slamai,
endemic species from Crete, which has a similar elytral pattern and which, however, may be easily distinguished by its elytra yellowish-black instead of reddish.
Body length: | ♂♂ 12 - 17 mm / ♀♀ 17 - 20 mm |
Life cycle: | 2 - 3 years [?] |
Adults in: | May - July |
Host plant: | probably polyphagous in deciduous trees |
Distribution: | an endemic species to Greece |
Depicted male beetle (paratype) was collected in Paradeisia (Παραδείσια) environs (600 m a.s.l, Municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece) on June 12-17, 2007.
Collected by Ivo Martinů
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Sama G.:
Description of Stictoleptura ivoroberti new species from Greece (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 5 (supplement): 920-923, 2010.
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