Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis Faldermann, 1837
ssp. puncticollis Faldermann, 1837
[= Phytoecia mardiniensis Heyden, 1894]
[= Phytoecia mardiniensis Heyden, 1894]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis puncticollis ♂  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
[Photo © Denis Kasatkin]

Phytoecia puncticollis, a striking species occuring in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, has been described from "Transcaucasia" by Franz Faldermann in 1837 [✮].

According to Martin Rejzek et al. [❖] in Turkey Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis develops in Eryngium billardieri (Apiaceae).

Body length:11 - 23 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Eryngium billardieri (Apiaceae)
Distribution:Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan


The depicted living beetles were collected on the host plant mountain valley in Güreşçi environs (Bitlis province, East Turkey) and in meadows at southern shore of Van Lake (3 km E of Tatvan, Bitlis province). The mounted female was collected in Siyazan district (Guba-Khachmaz region, Azerbaijan).

Collected by Michal Hoskovec and Denis Kasatkin


[✮]
Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 261-321, 1837. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Rejzek M., Sama G., Alziar G., Sádlo J.:
Host Plants of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and Iran.
Biocosme Mésogéen 19 (3): 161-189, [2002] 2003. [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]

Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
A review of the genus Musaria Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Turkey with zoogeographical remarks.
Munis Entomology & Zoology 2 (2): 511-516, 2007. [download pdf icon]


Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis puncticollis ♂  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis puncticollis ♀  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia puncticollis puncticollis
Phytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis puncticollis ♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]


The depicted beetle was photographed by Petr Jelínek in steppes in Kasristskali village environs (Kakheti Region of Eastern Georgia) in May 2016.


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SubgenusMusaria J. Thomson, 1864
SpeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis Faldermann, 1837
SubspeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) puncticollis puncticollis Faldermann, 1837