Clytus (Clytus) schneideri Kiesenwetter, 1879
ssp. inapicalis Pic, 1897

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI
Clytus schneideri inapicalis
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Clytus schneideri, a species occuring in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Israel and NE Turkey, has been described from Borjomi (Georgia) environs by Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter in 1879 [✧]. Its subspecies C. schneideri inapicalis, endemic to North-East Turkey, has been described from Erzurum environs as Clytus inapicalis by Maurice Pic in 1895 [✮]. Downgraded to a subspecific level was by Gianfranco Sama in 1996 [✩]-

Body length:6 - 11 mm
Life cycle:2 years [?]
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:Quercus spp.
Distribution:an endemic subspecies to North-East Turkey [❖]


The depicted beetle was collected on oak (Quercus sp.) logs in Uzundere environs (Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey) on June 5, 1992.

Collected by Michal Hoskovec


[✮]
Pic M.:
Descriptions de Longicornes d'Arménie et régions voisines.
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 11 (124): 38-40, 1895. [download pdf icon]

[✧]
Kiesenwetter E.A.H. in Schneider O. and Leder H.:
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der kaukasischen Käferfauna.
W. Burkart, Brünn [1878]: 360pp, 1879. [download pdf icon]

[✩]
Sama G.:
Contribution à la connaissance des Longicornes de Grèce et d'Asie Mineure (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 12 (4) [1995]: 101-116, 1996. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Özdikmen H., Turgut S.:
A synopsis of Turkish Clytus Laicharting, 1784 and Sphegoclytus Sama, 2005 with zoogeographical remarks (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal 4 (2): 353-370, 2009. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaCerambycinae Latreille, 1802
TribusClytini Mulsant, 1839
GenusClytus Laicharting, 1784
SubgenusClytus Laicharting, 1784
SpeciesClytus (Clytus) schneideri Kiesenwetter, 1879
SubspeciesClytus (Clytus) schneideri inapicalis Pic, 1897