ssp. mirabilis (Faldermann, 1837)
[= Mallosia (Eusemnosia) mirabilis mirabilis (Faldermann, 1837)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: Saperdini
Mallosia (Semnosia) mirabilis - standard form [Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Mallosia mirabilis mirabilis, occuring in Iran, Iraq and Eastern Turkey, has been described as Saperda mirabilis from "Transcaucasia" by Franz Faldermann in 1837 [▽].
Body length: 15 - 40 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Prangos sp. and Ferula sp. (Apiaceae) Distribution: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
The depicted mounted beetles were collected : ♂ + melanic ♂♀ in Morvārīd (مرواريد) village environs (2100-2200 m a.s.l., Central district of Kamyaran county, Ostān-e Kordestān province, Iran) on May 25, 2017; ♀ in Līkbīn (لكبن) village environs (1630-2125 m a.s.l., Lajan district, Piranshahr county, Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī province, Iran) on May 28-29, 2017.The living specimens were photographed 3.5 km E of Khalifen village (N36°44'47.7" E45°35'04.3"; Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī province, Iran).
Collected by D.Navrátil and P.Jelínek
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Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 433pp [pages 283-284], 1837. [download]
Mallosia (Semnosia K. Daniel, 1904) = M. (Eusemnosia Özdikmen & Aytar, 2012 type species Saperda mirabilis Faldermann, 1837), syn. nov. Saperda mirabilis Faldermann, 1837 is typical representative of Mallosia (Semnosia K. Daniel, 1904).
Danilevsky M.L.:
Chrysomeloidea I (Vesperidae, Disteniidae, Cerambycidae), Updated and Revised 2nd Edition
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Vol. 6/1, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 712pp, 2021.
Mallosia (Semnosia) mirabilis - ♂ melanic form [Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Mallosia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Subgenus: | Semnosia K. Daniel, 1904 |
| Species | Mallosia (Semnosia) mirabilis (Faldermann, 1837) |
| Subspecies | Mallosia (Semnosia) mirabilis mirabilis (Faldermann, 1837) |