ssp. kadleci Skořepa, 2026
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Trichoferus cisti, a species known from Algeria and Morocco, has been originally described as Trichoferus spartii cisti from Tizi-n'Test (Morocco) by Gianfranco Sama in 1987 [✳]. Its subspecies T. cisti kadleci, has been described from Aourir environs (Morocco) by Lukáš Skořepa in 2026 [❖]. All known specimens were reared from larvae developing in dead branches of Vachellia gummifera.
Body length: 7 - 18 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: Vachellia gummifera Distribution: Algeria, Morocco
The depicted mounted beetles (holotype and paratype) were reared from larvee found in dead branches of acacia (Vachellia gummifera) in Aourir (ⴰⵡⵔⵉⵔ) village environs (Tiznit province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco) on May 5, 2014.Collected by Lukáš Skořepa
[✳]
Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 4 (1): 43-64, 1987. [download]
[❖]
Skořepa L.:
New Trichoferus species and subspecies from Morocco (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae).
Faunitaxys 14 (23): 1-5, 2026. [download
DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(23)
Male genitalia of Trichoferus cisti kadleci Skořepa, 2026 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854 |
| Species | Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987 |
| Subspecies | Trichoferus cisti kadleci Skořepa, 2026 |