[= Nupserha marginella m. sericans (Bates, 1884)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © Kirill V. Makarov, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Nupserha sericans, a species occuring in Russian Far East and Japan, has been described from Japan as Oberea sericans by Henry Walter Bates in 1884 [▽].
Body length: 9.5 - 13 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees [?] Distribution: Kunashir Island (Kuril Islands, Russian Far East) and Japan
The depicted beetles (♂ 9.5 mm / ♀ 11 mm) were collected in Tretyakovo (Третьяково) cottage settlement environs N43°59′09″ E145°39′15″; Valentina creek valley, Kunashir/Кунаши́р island, Kuril Islands, Yuzhno-Kurilsky district, Sakhalin region, Russia) on August 13-14, 2011.Collected by Kirill V. Makarov and Artem Zaitsev
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Bates H.W.:
Longicorn beetles of Japan. Additions, chiefly from the later collections of Mr. George Lewis; and notes on the synonymy, distribution, and habits on the previously known species.
The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 18: 205-262, 1884. [download]
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Breuning SF.:
Révision des espèces asiatiques du genre Nupserha Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles 36 (10) : 1-62, 1960. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Nupserha Chevrolat, 1858 |
| Species | Nupserha sericans (Bates, 1884) |