Phytoecia (Helladia) alziari, a species occuring in SE Mediterranean region (Crete, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey),
has been described from Cyprus and Anatolia as Helladia millefolii alziari by Gianfranco Sama in 1992 [❖]. To the species level
it was elevated by Gianfranco Sama in 2003 [✮]. Larvae of this beautiful taxon develop in ground part of stalks and in roots of
Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) [✧][✳].
| Body length: | 8 - 13 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | March - May |
| Host plant: | Dittrichia viscosa (Asteraceae) |
| Distribution: | Crete, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
The mounted female beetle was collected in Buğlan Geçidi (Buglan Pass) environs (1600 m; 40 km NNW Muş, Eastern Turkey) on May 28-30, 2011.
The depicted living beetles were collected on their host plants: (TN)- in Harbouna village environs (Batroun District, North Governorate, Lebanon) on May 3, 2017; (MH) - in Mathikoloni
village environs (10 km N of Limassol, Cyprus) in April 2007.
Collected by Denis Kasatkin, Tamás Németh and Michal Hoskovec
[❖]
Sama G.:
Descrizione di nuovi Cerambycidae dell'isola di Cipro (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 92 (4): 297-307, 1992.
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[✮]
Sama G.:
Descrizione di due nuovi Cerambycidae di Turchia: Solaia antonellae n.gen., n.sp. e Helladia demelti n.sp. (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 17 (supplemento): 69-78, 2003.
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[✧]
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.
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[✳]
Ambrus R., Grosser W. and Hrbek J.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Cyprus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 3 (2): 173-190, 2014.
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Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
An overview on the W-palaearctic subgenus Phytoecia (Helladia) Fairmaire, 1864 with a new subspecies
Phytoecia (Helladia) humeralis caneri ssp. n. from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 5 (2): 317-343, 2010.
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