Trichoferus fasciculatus (Faldermann, 1837)
ssp. senex Wollaston, 1854

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI

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

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Trichoferus fasciculatus senex, endemic subspecies to Macaronesia, was described as Trichoferus senex from Madeira by Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1854 [✧].

Body length:	9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	July - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Ficus, Ceratonia, Pistacia, Spathodea)
Distribution:	an endemic subspecies to Macaronesia (Canary Islands and Madeira Archipelago)

The depicted beetles were reared from larva/pupa found in dead Ficus carica in Guia de Isora environs (1065 m a.s.l., Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).

Collected by David Navrátil

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[✧]
Wollaston T.V.:
Insecta Maderensia; being an account of the Insects of the Islands of the Madeiran group.
London, van Voorst, 634pp [pages 428 and Table IX], 1854. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854
Species	Trichoferus fasciculatus (Faldermann, 1837)
Subspecies	Trichoferus fasciculatus senex Wollaston, 1854