Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis (Harrer, 1784)
ssp. boeberi Ganglbauer, 1884
[= Phytoecia Boeberi Ganglbauer, 1884]
[= Musaria boeberi (Ganglbauer, 1884)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia affinis boeberi
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Phytoecia affinis boeberi, a subspecies occuring in Caucasus and Transcaucasia, has been described from Caucasus and Turkey as Phytoecia Boeberi by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1884 [▽].

Body length:8 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:oligophagous in Apiaceae (Chaerophyllum, Pastinacia, Bupleurum, Imperatoria etc.)
Distribution:Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia: South European Territory, Turkey


Depicted beetles were collected and photographed on the host plant in Tatev monastery (Տաթևի վանք) environs (Syunik Province, southern Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


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Ganglbauer L.:
Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. VIII. Cerambycidae. (Schluss.) Mit Berücksichtigung der Formen Algiers und des paläarktischen Asiens, exclusive jener von Japan..
Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33: 437-586, 1884. [download pdf icon]

Plavilstshikov N.N.:
Matériaux pour la révision générale des Phytoéciaires paléarctiques. I. Sous-genre Musaria (J. Thoms.) et ses voisins (Col. Ceramb.) (cont.).
Eos. Revista Española de Entomología, Madrid 5: 379-426, 1929. [download pdf icon]


Phytoecia affinis boeberi
Phytoecia affinis boeberi
Phytoecia affinis boeberi
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Phytoecia affinis boeberi
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SubgenusMusaria J. Thomson, 1864
SpeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) affinis (Harrer, 1784)
SubspeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) affinis boeberi Ganglbauer, 1884