Conizonia (Conizonia) simia Sama, 2005

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Conizonia simia, an endemic species to Algeria, has been described from Tikjda environs (1500 m a.s.l., Djurdjura Range, Tell Atlas, Algeria) by Gianfranco Sama in 2005 [▽].

Body length:	9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - May
Host plant:	Carthamus pinnatus (Asteraceae)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Algeria

The depicted mounted beetles (paratypes) were captured in Tikjda environs (type locality; 1300-1700 m a.s.l., Djurdjura Range, Tell Atlas, Algeria) on April 11-14, 1988.

Collected by Gianfranco Sama (Petr Kabátek in coll.)

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

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864
Subgenus:	Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864
Species	Conizonia (Conizonia) simia Sama, 2005