[= Dokhtouroffia turkestanica Ganglbauer, 1886][❖]
[= Dokhtouroffia vittata Pic, 1941]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Dokhtouroffia nebulosa, an interesting species of Central-Asian montane coniferous forests occuring in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and North-West China, has been described from Kyrgyzstan as Stenura nebulosa by Friedrich August Gebler in 1845 [▽]. D. nebulosa larvae develop in the base of trunks and in the upper parts of the roots of dying or freshly dead coniferous trees. Species strongly prefers Picea schrenkiana tianschanica, but reported was also from Abies. Pupation in wood in spring and early summer, life-cycle 2–3 years. Adults are active from May to August (peak in July–early August) [✧].
Body length: ♂♂ 9–16 mm / ♀♀ 15–24 mm Life cycle: 2–3 years Adults in: May–August Host plant: coniferous trees (strongly prefers Picea schrenkiana tianschanica) Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang (North-West China)
The depicted mounted beetles were foind in dead spruce (Picea sp.) in Barskoon (Барскоон) village environs (Issyk-Kul region, Kyrgyzstan) on July 2, 2024.Collected by Petr Papoušek
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Gebler F.A.:
Charakteristik der vom Hn. Dr. Schrenk in den Jahren 1842 und 1843 in den Steppen der Dsungarei gefundenen neuen Coleopteren-Arten.
Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathématique de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 3 (7) [1844]: 97-106, 1845. [download]
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 314-315], 2014. [download[❖]
Ganglbauer L.:
Turkestanische Bockkäffer.
Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, St. Petersbourg 20 (1-2): 128-130, 1886. [download
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Dokhtouroffia Ganglbauer, 1886 [❖] |
| Species | Dokhtouroffia nebulosa (Gebler, 1845) |