ssp. schurmanni Sama, 1978
[= Agapanthia schurmanni Sama, 1979]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Agapanthia dahli, widely distributed xerophilic European and Mediterranean species, has bes described from Hungary as Saperda Dahlii by C. F. W. Richter in 1821 [❖]. A. dahli is a typical xerophilous species inhabiting forest-steppes, steppes, uncultivated orchards and gardens, or ruderal areas. Its subspecies A. dahlii schurmanni, endemic to South-Eastern of the Balcan peninsula, has been described as A. schurmanni from Macedonia (Greece) by Gianfranco Sama in 1978 [▽]. It was downgraded to subspecies level by Maxim A. Lazarev in 2024 [✮].
Body length: 13 - 23 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: unknown Distribution: an endemic species to South-Eaastern of the Balcan peninsula (Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria [❖])
The depicted beetle was collected in Mount Olympus (Όλυμπος) (Thessaly, Greece) on May 27, 2022.Collected by Daniel Rydzi
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Sama G.:
Una nuova specie di Agapanthia Serville di Macedonia (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae).
Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 5: 505-513, 1978.[❖]
Georgiev G., Doychev D., Simov N., Guéorguiev B. and Bekchiev R.:
Contribution to the knowledge of (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Belasitsa in Bulgaria.
Silva Balcanica 14 (1): 110–117, 2013. [download]
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Lazarev M.:
Taxonomic notes on longhorned beetles with the descriptions of several new taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International almanac 13 (1): 21-38, 2024. [downloadPesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Osservazioni sulla sistematica della tribù Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145 (1): 117-132, 2004. [download
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Epoptes Gistl, 1857 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli (Richter, 1820) |
| Species | Agapanthia (Epoptes) dahli schurmanni Sama, 1978 |