ssp. obliquefasciatus Pic, 1890
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CLYTINI
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Xylotrechus antilope, a broadly distributed species of West Palaearctic oaks forests, has been described from Europe as Clytus antilope by Carl Johann Schönherr in 1817 [❖]. Its North-African subspecies X. antilope obliquefasciatus, endemic to to Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), has been described from Algeria as Xylotrechus arvicola v. obliquefasciatus by Maurice Pic in 1890 [▽]. The biology of X. antilope obliquefasciatus is similar to the nominotypical subspecies. Adults, active from early June to August, are diurnal and can be found on the host trees [✳].
Body length: 8 – 16 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June – August Host plant: oaks (Quercus spp. - e.g. Quercus faginea, Quercus suber) Distribution: a subspecies endemic to Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)
The depicted mounted beetles were reared from pupae found in oak branches in Aïn Soltane (عين سلطان) village environs (N36°30′ E08°18′; 800 m a.s.l., Ghardimaou district, Jendouba province, Tunisia) on April 26-27, 2004.Collected by our friend Petr Kabátek
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Schönherr C.J.:
Synonymia insectorum, oder : Versuch einer Synonymie Aller bisher bekannten Insecten ; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum &: c. geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer.
Skara, Lewerentzischen Buchdrükerey 1 (3): 506pp [page 465], 1817 [download]
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Pic M.:
Variétés, 1.
Article, L. Jacquet, Lyon: 1-3, 1890.[✧]
Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download[✳]
Sama G.:
Atlas of the Cerambycidae of Europe and the Mediterranean Area. Volume 2: Northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt and Atlantic Isles.
Natura Edizioni Scientifiche di Alfonso Iorio, Bologna, Italy, 435 pp., 2023.
ISBN: 978-88-89327-16-6Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos / Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae : Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143–185, 2019. [download
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Clytini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860 |
| Subgenus | Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860 |
| Species | Xylotrechus antilope (Schönherr, 1817) |
| Species | Xylotrechus (Xylotrechus) antilope obliquefasciatus Pic, 1890 |