[= Purpuricenus talyshensis Reitter, 1891]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: TRACHYDERINI
Purpuricenus talyshensis ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Purpuricenus talyschensis, a spectacular and typical but rare representative of the Caspian fauna, has been described from Talysh Mts. (Azerbaijan) as Purpuricenus Deyrollei var. talyschensis by Edmund Reitter in 1891 [✮].
Body length: 12 - 18 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: last decade of April - June Host plant: Quercus Distribution: Iran, Azerbaijan (Talysh Mts.) [❖]
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 Petr Jelínek
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Reitter E.:
Vierter Beitrag zur Coleopteren-Fauna des russischen Reiches.
Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 10 (7): 233-240, 1891. [download]
[❖]
Miroshnikov A.I.:
Contribution to the knowledge of the longicorn beetles of the Caucasus. 8. Genus Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin / Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень 8 (1): 37–50, 2012. [downloadSimandl J.:
Íránští tesaříci rodu Purpuricenus / Iranian Longhorn Beetles of the Genus Purpuricenus.
Živa 1: 28-30, 2013. [download
Purpuricenus talyschensis ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Purpuricenus talyschensis ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Purpuricenus talyschensis ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek ]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Trachyderini Dupont, 1836 |
| Genus | Purpuricenus Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Purpuricenus talyschensis Reitter, 1891 |