Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Agapanthia mikhaili, an endemic Armenian Smaragdula-species close to Agapanthia (Smaragdula) amitina Holzschuh, 1989 and Agapanthia (Smaragdula) persicola Reitter, 1894, has been described from several Armenian localities by our friend Karel Hodek in 2021 [❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 6.4 - 9.1 mm / ♀♀ 7.1 - 9.9 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: unknown Distribution: an endemic species to Armenia
The depicted beetles (paratypes) were collected in: ♂ - Mt. Kotuts (N39°58′32.32″ E44°50′33.46″; 1300-2046 m a.s.l., 7 km NE Urtsadzor, Ararat province, Armenia) on June 5, 2013; ♀ - Noravank (Նորավանք) monastery environs (N39°41′01.02″ E45°14′06.19″; 1500 m a.s.l., 6 km SE Areni, Vayots Dzor province, Armenia) on May 30, 2013.Collected by David Navrátil
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Hodek K.:
Two new species of Agapanthia (Smaragdula Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004) from Transcaucasia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Laminae, Agapanthiini).
Humanity space - International Almanac 10 (8): 1160-1168, 2021. [download]
Male genitalia of Agapanthia (Smaragdula) mikhaili Hodek, 2021 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Smaragdula Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Smaragdula) mikhaili Hodek, 2021 |