ssp. maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
[Photo © Daniel Rydzi]
Agapanthia maculicornis, a relatively rare but widely distributed West-Palaearctic species, has been described from Germany as Saperda maculicornis by Leonard Gyllenhal in 1817 [✮].
Body length: 8 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: Asteraceae (Tragopogon, Dianthus), Campanula glomerata Distribution: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
The depicted beetles were photographed: (DR) - in Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεόδωροι) village environs (Grevena municipality, Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece) on May 18, 2022; (COM) - on Tragopogon sp. near Mikro Dereio (Μικρό Δέρειο) village (Evros regional unit, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece) in May 2010.Collected and photographed by our friends Daniel Rydzi and Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci
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L. Gyllenhal in Schönherr C.J.:
Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Descriptiones Novarum Specierum Insectorum.
Scaris, Lewerentziana 1 (3): 1-266, 1817. [download]
[Photo © Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci]
[Photo © Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 |
| Subgenus | Homoblephara Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2004 |
| Species | Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817) |
| Subspecies | Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817) |