Pedostrangalia (Neosphenalia) emmipoda (Mulsant, 1863)

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: LEPTURINI

Pedostrangalia emmipoda
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]




Body length:11 - 16 mm
Life cycle:2 years [?]
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:larval development unknown
Distribution:South Greece, Turkey, Near East, Armenia


The depicted beetle was beaten from a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi, Rhamnaceae) in Karadut village environs (Nemrut Dagi National Park, Adiyaman prov., Anatolia, SE Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Subfamilia: Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Pedostrangalia Sokolov, 1897
Subgenus: Neosphenalia Löbl, 2010
Species: Pedostrangalia (Neosphenalia) emmipoda (Mulsant, 1863)