Conizonia (Conizonia) detrita (Fabricius, 1793)
[= Phytoecia vittigera (Fabricius) Küster, 1846]
[= Conizonia vittigera (Fabricius) Fairmaire, 1864]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Conizonia detrita
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Conizonia detrita, a remarkable species known from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, has been described as Saperda detrita from "Barbaria" (NW African coast) by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1793 [❖].

Body length:14 - 20 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:March - May
Host plant:thistles - Asteraceae (Onopordum macracanthum, Scolymus hispanicus) [▽]
Distribution:Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia


Depicted male was captured in El Feidja National Park (Khroumiria region, Jendouba governorate, NW Tunisia) on May 23-24, 2007. The female was collected in Touissit (تويسيت) environs (N34°29′24″ W01°46′26″; 1143 m a.s.l, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco) on May 12, 2011.

Collected by Pavel Jelínek and Walter Grosser


[❖]
Fabricius J.C.:
Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Bibliopoli Academici Novi, Kiliae 2: 687pp [page 329], 1801. [download pdf icon]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864 (Coleoptera - Cerambycidae - Phytoeciini).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 21 (1): 15-43, 2005. [download pdf icon]

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Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte IV / Partie IV : Cerambycidae : Lamiinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 29 (1): 26-65, 2020. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusConizonia Fairmaire, 1864
Subgenus:Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864
SpeciesConizonia (Conizonia) detrita (Fabricius, 1793)