Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Conizonia georgiana has been described by David Navrátil and Milan Rozsíval as Coptosia georgiana [❖] from Gori environs (Georgia) in 2016. A separate webpage is dedicated to the biology of this interesting species.
Body length: ♂♂ 12.2 - 14.2 mm, ♀♀ 12.2 - 13.6 mm Life cycle: 1-2 years Adults in: May - June Host plant: Centaurea transcaucasica (Asteraceae, Carduoideae) Distribution: endemic species to Georgia
The depicted mounted specimens were found in pupal cells in Centaurea roots in Tbilisi environs (Georgia) in November, 2022. The live beetle was photographed 4 km NE of Gori (N42°00′28″ E44°9′37″; 950-1050 m a.s.l., Shida Kartli region, Georgia) on May 21, 2017.Collected by Petr Papoušek and Pavel Jelínek
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Navrátil D. and Rozsíval M.:
A new species of the genus Coptosia (s. l.) Fairmaire, 1864 from Central Georgia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 11 (1): 1-3, 2016. [download]
Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
A new subgenus to Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864 (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Phytoeciini).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 (1): 49-52, 2015. [download
Male genitalia of Conizonia (Conizonioides) georgiana (Navrátil & Rozsíval, 2016) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © Pavel Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864 |
| Subgenus | Conizonioides Özdikmen, 2015 |
| Species | Conizonia (Conizonioides) georgiana (Navrátil & Rozsíval, 2016) |