Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni Faldermann, 1837

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni - red form [Photo © David Navrátil]

Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni was described by Franz Faldermann from "Transcaucasia" in 1837 [❖].

Body length:9 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:Trinia sp. (Apiaceae)
Distribution:Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia: South European Territory, Ukraine, Kazakhstan


The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant (Trinia) in steppes in Kasristskali (კასრისწყალი) village environs (Kakheti Region of Eastern Georgia) on May 19-20, 2015 and May 17, 2016.

Collected by David Navrátil and P.Jelínek


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Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5 (2): 1-433 [pages 296-297], 1837. [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 faldermanni
Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni - dark form [Photo © David Navrátil]
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Phytoecia faldermanni
Phytoecia faldermanni[Photo © P.Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Dejean, 1835
Subgenus:Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
SpeciesPhytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni Faldermann, 1837