ssp. quercus Charpentier, 1825
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Saperda (Compsidia) quercus quercus, a rare nominotypic subspecies occuring in South-Eastern Balkan peninsula (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro), has been described by Toussaint Charpentier in 1825 [✧]. Larvae of S. quercus quercus develop in thin living branches of oaks, in Albania and Greece this species prefers as a host tree kermes oak (Quercus cociffera).
Body length: 12 - 17 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: living oaks (Quercus spp.) Distribution: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro
The depicted beetles were beaten from living kermes oak in Karyes (Καρυές) vilage environs (868 m a.s.l. Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 21-23, 2009.Collected by David Navrátil
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Charpentier T.:
Horae Entomologicae adjectis tabulis novem coloratis.
Gosohorsky, Wratislawiae, 255pp, 1825. [download]
[Photo © Václav Kozel]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Saperda Fabricius, 1775 |
| Subgenus | Compsidia Mulsant, 1839 |
| Species | Saperda (Compsidia) quercus Charpentier, 1825 |
| Subspecies | Saperda (Compsidia) quercus quercus Charpentier, 1825 |