Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLIDIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Ropalopus nataliyae is rare, in maples developing endemic Iranian species, recently described by Mikhail Danilevsky and Yuri Skrylnik from mountains in Golestan province [❖].
Body length: 15 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years [?] Adults in: May - June Host plant: maples (Acer spp.) Distribution: an endemic species to Iran
The depicted beetles were collected in Kīnj (كينج) village environs (1550-1600 m a.s.l, Kojur district, Nowshahr county, Māzandarān province, Iran) in May 18, 2019.Collected by D.Navrátil and P.Jelínek
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Danilevsky M.L. and Skrylnik Yu.E.:
Two new Longicorn (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) species from Iran.
Humanity space International Almanac 3 (4): 690-694, 2014. [download]
Karpiński L., Szczepański W.T. & Kruszelnicki L.:
Revision of the Ropalopus ungaricus/insubricus group (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Callidiini) from the western Palaearctic region.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX: 1–41, 2020. [download
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callidiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Ropalopus Mulsant, 1839 |
| Subgenus | Ropalopus Mulsant, 1839 |
| Species | Ropalopus (Ropalopus) nataliyae Danilevsky & Skrylnik, 2014 |