Purpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937
ssp. sasanus Kadlec, 2006
[= Purpuricenus sasanus Kadlec, 2006]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus

[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus, a subspecies [❖] known from Zagros Mountains in Central-West Iran and distributed also in Eastern Iraq, was originally described by Stanislav Kadlec [✧] as separate species. Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus, well characterized for the small body, the long black spot on the middle of elytra and for the largely black shoulders, represents the easternmost subspecies of P. interscapillatus. The beetle oviposits on living terminal twigs of Acer monspessulanum cinerascens. The larva girdles the twig to interrupt flow of sap and develops in the dead part of the twig.

Body length:10 - 18 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:June and July
Host plant:Acer monspessulanum cinerascens
Distribution:Iran, Iraq


Depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in twigs of Acer monspessulanum cinerascens in Dorūd environs (1745 m a.s.l., Dorūd county, Lorestan Province, West Iran) on May 23, 2017.

Collected by D. Navrátil


[❖]
Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download pdf icon]


[✧]
Kadlec S.:
Two new Cerambycid species from Kazakhstan and Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Animma.x 12: 1-7, 2006. [download pdf icon]


Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus
Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus

Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus
Purpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus
[Photo © David Navrátil]


 
SubfamiliaCerambycinae Latreille, 1802
TribusTrachyderini Dupont, 1836
GenusPurpuricenus Dejean, 1821
SpeciesPurpuricenus interscapillatus Plavilstshikov, 1937
SubspeciesPurpuricenus interscapillatus sasanus Kadlec, 2006