Deroplia (Deroplia) schurmanni Sama, 1996

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI
Deroplia schurmanni
[Photo © David Navrátil]

Deroplia schurmanni, a nocturnal species endemic to El Hierro (Canary Islands), has been described by Gianfranco Sama in 1996 [❖]. The beetle is oligophagous on various Euphorbia plants (such as Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. or Euphorbia regis-jubae W. & B.).

Body length:10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:1 - 2 years
Adults in:December & September
Host plant:oligophagous on various Euphorbia spp.
Distribution:a species endemic to El Hierro (Canary Islands Spain)


The mounted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead Euphorbia sp. branch in Sabinosa environs (10 m a.s.l., El Hierro, Canary Islands) on January 14, 2017. The depicted living beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead branch of Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. in Charco Manso NW Valverde (El Hierro, Canary Islands).

Collected by Petr Kabátek and Martin Rejzek


[❖]
Sama G.:
Note preliminaire pour une revision du genre Deroplia Dejean 1837 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen 12 (4): 85-92, [1995] 1996. [download pdf icon]

Sama G.:
Révision du genre Deroplia Dejean, 1835.
Biocosme Mésogéen 110 13 (2): 23-64, 1996. [download pdf icon]


Deroplia schurmanni
Deroplia schurmanni
Deroplia schurmanni
[Photo © Martin Rejzek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDesmiphorini Thomson, 1860
GenusDeroplia Dejean, 1835
SubgenusDeroplia Dejean, 1835
SpeciesDeroplia (Deroplia) schurmanni Sama, 1996