Agapanthia dahli alexandris, a subspecies known from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has been described from Central Asia as Agapanthia Alexandris by Maurice
Pic in 1901 [▽]. Maxim Lazarev this taxon downgraded to a subspecific level (A. dahli alexandris, Pic 1901) in 2013 [❖].
Body length: | 10 - 22 mm |
Life cycle: | 1 year |
Adults in: | May - June |
Host plant: | polyphagous in herbaceous plants |
Distribution: | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
The depicted beetle was collected on the right side of the Bolshaya Almatinka (Большая Алматинка/Үлкен Алматы) river
(N43°07′58″ E76°54′50″; 1500 m a.s.l., Trans-Ili Alatau, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan)
on May 23, 2013.
Collected by Sergey V. Kolov
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Pic M.:
Notes diverses et diagnoses [8e article].
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 17 (203): 81-83, 1901.
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Lazarev M.A.:
Two new subspecies of Agapanthia dahli (Richter, 1821) from Dagestan and Armenia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 2 (3): 443-448, 2013.
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