Oberea taygetana, the most robust species of Amaurostoma subgenus known only from South Greece and recently also from Albania [❖], has been described from
Taygetos Mts. by Maurice Pic in 1901 [▽]. Like other species of the subgenus Amaurostoma, O. taygetana is ecologically attached to the spurges (mostly collected on
Euphorbia characias wulfenii) in which stalks its larvae develop.
| Body length: | 12 - 18 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 - 2 years |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | Euphorbia characias wulfenii |
| Distribution: | Albania, Greece |
The depicted beetles were collected in Acrocorinth (Ακροκόρινθος) castle environs (Corinth, Corinthia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 25, 2021 and
in Socha (Σόχα) village environs (850 m a.s.l., Sparta municipality, Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 16, 2023.
Collected by Daniel Rydzi
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Plewa R., Górski P., Gazurek T., Tylkowski S., Szewczyk M., Byk A.:
New Data on the Occurrence of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Albania.
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 70 (2): 179-183, 2018.
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Pic M.:
Notes diverses et diagnoses [4e article].
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 17 (196): 25-27, 1901.
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