Phytoecia (Musaria) kurdistana Ganglbauer, 1884
[= Musaria kurdistana (Ganglbauer, 1884)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia kurdistana
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Phytoecia kurdistana

[Photo © Sergei O. Kakunin, click on the picture for 4K resolution]


Phytoecia (Musaria) kurdistana, a widely distributed SW-Asian species known from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, has been described from "Persisch-Kurdistan" (North-West Iran) by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1884 [▽]. So far, all specimens of P. kurdistana we found only on Eryngium sp. (Sea-holly; Apiaceae), which probably serves as a host plant of this remarkable species.

Body length:12 - 22 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - July
Host plant:Eryngium sp. (Sea-holly; Apiaceae)
Distribution:Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey


The depicted living specimens were collected and photographed on the host plant (Eryngium): (MH) - close to Dzori Taguhin Hotel ca 6.5 km E of Vayk (N39°41′34″ E45°32′26″; 1320 m a.s.l., Vayots Dzor Province, SE Armenia) on June 12, 2012; (PJ) - 3 km E of Morvārīd (مرواريد) village environs (N34°52′29″ E47°00′04″; 2250 m a.s.l., Central district of Kamyaran county, Kordestan province, Iran) on June 6, 2019. The mounted male was collected in Shamshīr (شمشير) settlement environs (1770-2000 m a.s.l., Paveh county, Kermanshah province, Iran) on May 22, 2015.

Collected by Michal Hoskovec, Petr Jelínek and Sergei O. Kakunin


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Ganglbauer L.:
Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. VIII. Cerambycidae. (Schluss.) Mit Berücksichtigung der Formen Algiers und des paläarktischen Asiens, exclusive jener von Japan.
Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 [1883]: 437-586 [page 572], 1884. [download pdf icon]

Breuning S.:
Révision du genre Phytoecia Muls. (Col. Cerambycidae).
Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 2 (1): 1-103, 1951. [download pdf icon]


Phytoecia kurdistana
Phytoecia kurdistana
Phytoecia kurdistana
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Phytoecia kurdistana
Phytoecia kurdistana
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SubgenusMusaria J. Thomson, 1864
SpeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) kurdistana Ganglbauer, 1884