ssp. scorteccii (Breuning, 1968)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: ANCYLONOTINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Pseudoparaphloeus scorteccii, a rare endemic species to Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen), has been described from Taiz (تَعِزّ) environs (SW Yemen) by Stephan Breuning in 1968 [▽]. The species was classified in the newly established genus Pseudoparaphloeus by Gianfranco Sama in 2009 [❖].
Body length: 10 – 15 mm Life cycle: [?] Adults in: March–July Host plant: undetermined Euphorbiaceae plant Distribution: an endemic species to Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
Depicted mounted beetles were reared from larvae found in Euphorbiaceae plant branch collected in Fayfa (جِبَالُ) environs (Fayfa governorate, Jazan province, Saudi Arabia) in November 2025.Collected by Petr Papoušek
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Breuning S.:
Missione 1965 del Prof. Giuseppe Scortecci nello Yemen (Arabia meridionale) Coleoptera Longicornia: Lamiidae.
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano” 107: 89-92, 1968. [download]
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Sama G.:
New nomenclatural acts in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Entomologia Africana 14 (2): 22-26, 2009.[✮]
Rapuzzi P. and al Dhafer H.:
The Cerambycidae fauna of Saudi Arabia (Coleoptera).
Revue suisse de Zoologie 131 (1): 177-217, 2024. [download
Male genitalia of Pseudoparaphloeus scorteccii scorteccii (Breuning, 1968) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Ancylonotini Lacordaire, 1869 |
| Genus | Pseudoparaphloeus Sama, 2009 |
| Species | Pseudoparaphloeus scorteccii (Breuning, 1968) |
| Subspecies | Pseudoparaphloeus scorteccii scorteccii (Breuning, 1968) |