Trichoferus spartii (Müller, 1948)

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]

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Trichoferus spartii, species distributed in Balcan and Apennine peninsulae coastal regions, was described from Istria by Giuseppe Müller in 1948 [❖]. Although not a rare species, due to its hidden development in the living branches of various shrubs and its nocturnal way of life, it does not belong to the commonly collected longhorn beetles.

Body length:	9 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	July - August
Host plant:	Spartium, Rhus, Paliurus, Coronilla
Distribution:	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Crete, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Turkey

The depicted mounted specimens were collected in Primošten environs (Šibenik-Knin county, Dalmatia, Croatia) on July 23-31, 2012.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[❖]
Müller G.:
Contributo alla conoscenza dei Coleotteri Fitofagi (Cerambycidae e Chrysomelidae).
Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 17 (2) [1948]: 61-98, 1949.

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854
Species	Trichoferus spartii (Müller, 1948)