[= Phytoecia modesta (Waltl, 1838); ❖]
[= Neomusaria waltli Sama, 1991; ❖]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Phytoecia (Neomusaria) waltli, a relatively rare species occuring in Near East and South Turkey, has been originally described from "Turkey" as Saperda modesta by Joseph Waltl in 1838 [✳]. For a long time, this taxon was listed in the literature as Phytoecia modesta, however, due to the preoccupation of the name modesta, the currently valid species name is waltli, first used by Gianfranco Sama in 1991 [❖]. Larval development in basal stem parts and roots of Salvia species. Adults, active from April to June, can be found on host plants [✮].
Body length: 9 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: sages (Salvia spp.) Distribution: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
The beetle in the picture was collected on Salvia sp. in Avgadi environs (800-1100 m a.s.l., 35 km N of Erdemli, Mersin province, South Turkey) on June 16-20, 1996.Collected by Michal Hoskovec
[✳]
Waltl J.:
Beyträge zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren der Türken.
Isis von Oken, Leipzig 31 (6): 449-472, 1838. [download]
[❖]
Sama G.:
Note sulla nomenclatura dei Cerambycidae della Regione mediterranea (Coleoptera).
Bolletino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 123 (2): 121-128, 1991. [download[✮]
Sama G., Rapuzzi P. and Kairouz A.:
Catalogue commenté des Cerambycidae du Liban. An annotated catalogue of the Cerambycidae of Lebanon (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 30: 131-201, 2010. [downloadSama G.:
Notes on Neomusaria PLAVILSTSHIKOV, 1928 with description of a new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 63: 293-297, 1993. [download[ key of Neomusaria subgenus ]
Özdikmen H. & Özdikmen G.:
Updated world species list of the subgenus Phytoecia (Neomusaria) Plavilstshikov, 1928 with two new subspecies from Turkey (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 11 (2): 492-500, 2016. [download
Male genitalia of Phytoecia (Neomusaria) waltli (Sama, 1991) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Subgenus | Neomusaria Plavilstshikov, 1928 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Neomusaria) waltli (Sama, 1991) |