Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Agapanthia (Smaragdula) chalybaea, a species occuring in Caucasus-Transcaucasia and surrounding territories, has been described from "Transcaucasia" by Franz Faldermann in 1837 [✱].
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: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - July Host plant: Cephalaria spp. (Caprifoliaceae) Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran
The depicted beetles were found sitting on leaves of giant scabious (Cephalaria gigantea) growing in mountain meadows ca 4.5 km south of Kajaran (Քաջարան, Syunik prov., South Armenia).Collected by Michal Hoskovec and Petr Jelínek
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Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5 (2): 1-433 [page 263], 1837. [download]
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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. [downloadÖzdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Smaragdula Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Smaragdula) chalybaea Faldermann, 1837 |