Procallimus distinctipes, a not often collected Near-East species occuring in Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, has been described as Callimus distinctipes from Bikfaya environs (Mount Lebanon region, Lebanon)
by Maurice Pic in 1906 [❖].
| Body length: | 8 - 10 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years [?] |
| Adults in: | May - June |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in bushes (Rhamnus [✮], Cotoneaster) |
| Distribution: | Israel, Jordan and Lebanon |
The depicted mounted specimen was reared from larva found in dying branch of Cotoneaster in Zoubia (زوبيا) village environs (Irbid governorate, Jordan) in April 2024.
Collected by Petr Papoušek
[❖]
Pic M.:
Nouveaux Coléoptères d'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amérique (Suite).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 22 (254): 9-12, 1906.
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[✮]
Sama G. & Rapuzzi P.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des Cerambycidae du Liban (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Lambillionea 100 (1): 7-23, 2000
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Cocquempot Ch., Nemer N., Brustel H. & Tanios Ch.:
Nouvelles données et nouveau catalogue des Coléoptères Cerambycidae du Liban (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 216 (1): 91-104, 2016.
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