ssp. caroli Mulsant, 1863
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: POGONOCHERINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Pogonocherus caroli, a rare species developing in dying/freshly dead pine (Pinus spp.) twigs, has been described from Pessac environs (Gironde, SW France) by Étienne Mulsant in 1862. This interesting taxon, originally known only from South-West Europe (France, Spain), was discovered recently in South Sweden and also in Scotland [✧].
Body length: 5 - 8 mm Life cycle: 1-2 years Adults in: March - July Host plant: various pine (Pinus spp.) species Distribution: France, Spain, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead Pinus twigs collected in Grand canyon du Verdon (N43°44′08″ E6°22′14″; 850 m a.s.l., La Palud-sur-Verdon env., Castellane arrondissement, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France) in summer 2018.Collected by David Navrátil
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Mulsant É.:
Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Longicornes.
Annales de la Société Impériale d'Agriculture, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts Utiles de Lyon 1862-1863: 1-480. [download]
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Rejzek M. and Barclay M.V.L.:
Pogonocherus caroli Mulsant, 1863 (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) new to Britain, from two localities in Scotland.
Coleopterist 26 (2): 123-127, 2017. [download
Male genitalia of Pogonocherus caroli caroli Mulsant, 1863 in detail: A. lateral lobes, B. subgenital plate, C. aedeagus.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821 |
| Subgenus | Pogonocherus Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Pogonocherus caroli Mulsant, 1863 |
| Subspecies | Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) caroli caroli Mulsant, 1863 |