Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © P.Jelínek & M.Hoskovec]
Agapanthia amitina, a species from A. violacea (Fabricius, 1775) species cluster (Smaragdula subgenus; ❖), has been described from Qazvin province (Iran) by Carolus Holzschuh in 1989 [▽].
The taxonomy of the subgenus Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004 is very complicated and there are many very contradictory views among cerambycidologists regarding the validity and real existence of many taxa. A comprehensive and detailed revision of the Smaragdula by our colleague and friend Karel Hodek from the summer of 2021 attempts to answer many questions concerning this issue [▽].
Body length: 6 - 10 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: unknown Distribution: Iran , Turkey [✧]
The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant in its type locality situated ca 5 km SEE of Bakandi (بکندی), N36°22'16.8" E49°37'29.7" (Qazvin province, NW Iran).Collected by P.Jelínek
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Holzschuh C.:
Beschreibung neuer Bockkäfer aus Europa und Asien (Cerambycidae, Col.).
Koleopterologische Rundschau, Wien 59: 153-183, 1989. [download]
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Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Osservazioni sulla sistematica della tribù Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145 (1): 117-132, 2004. [download[▽]
Hodek K.:
Review of the subgenus Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004, and two new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Laminae, Agapanthiini)
Natura Somogyiensis 36: 81-110, 2021. [download[✧]
Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Smaragdula Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Smaragdula) amitina Holzschuh, 1989 |