Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: APOMECYNINI
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Apomecyna scorteccii, an endemic species to Arabian peninsula (occurs in Saudi Arabia and Yemen), hase been described from Yemen by Stephan von Breuning in 1968 [✧]. The host plant is unknown, but it is possible that this species develops like other local desert species of the genus Apomecyna in stems and roots of desert gourd (Citrullus colocynthis). A. scorteccii is a nocturnal species that can be attracted to light.
Body length: 9 – 10 mm Life cycle: 1 year [?] Adults in: March – November Host plant: unknown Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Yemen
The depicted beetles were collected in Wādī an Nu‘mān (20 km W of At Taif/ اَلطَّائِفُ; N21°16′2″ E40°13′15″; 820 m a.s.l, Mecca disctrict, Mecca province, Saudi Arabia) in March 27–29, 2022.Collected by Petr Kabátek
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Breuning S.:
Missione 1965 del Prof. Giuseppe Scortecci nello Yemen (Arabia meridionale) Coleoptera Longicornia: Lamiidae.
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 107: 89-92, 1968. [download]
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Rapuzzi P. and al Dhafer H.:
The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera).
Revue suisse de Zoologie 131 (1): 177-217, 2024. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Apomecynini J. Thomson, 1860 |
| Genus | Apomecyna Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Apomecyna scorteccii Breuning, 1968 |