Pedostrangalia imberbis has been described by Edouard Ménétriés from Talysh mountains (Azerbaijan) in 1832 [❖].
The biology of this species is identical to Pedostrangalia revestita (Linnaeus, 1767).
The larval substrate comprises dead, moisture rich dark red wood in contact with living tissue of deciduous trees.
| Body length: | 10 - 16 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years [?] |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees |
| Distribution: | Caucasus, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, South coast of Caspian Sea, from Azerbaijan through North Iran to Kopet-Dag, Turkey |
The beetle in the picture was collected in Zānūs (زانوس) environs (1730 m a.s.l., Kojur District, Nowshahr County, Māzandarān province, North Iran) on May 21, 2019.
Collected by David Navrátil
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Ménétriés E.:
Catalogue raisonné des objets de Zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au Caucase et jusqu'aux frontières actuelles de la Perse entrepris par ordre de S. M. L' Empereur.
Saint-Pétersbourg 4: 271pp [page 231], 1832.
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