ssp. opifex Mulsant, 1851
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: ERGATINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
A subspecies known for imited range: from North Africa and parts of Italy - Sicily and Calabria. Distinguished from E. faber faber (Linnaeus, 1761) on the basis of the female pronotum structure - there is a visible smooth surface, a characteristic "mirror". Ecological requirements and development are similar to those of the nominative subspecies. E. faber opifex has been desribed from Algeria as Ergates opifex by Étienne Mulsant in 1851 [❖].
Body length: 25 - 60 mm Life cycle: several years Adults in: June – September Host plant: oligofagus of coniferous trees, mostly Pinus spp. Distribution: North Africa and Southern Italy
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in a dead pine (Pinus) in Casa Milia ad Monte Etna (Sicily, Italy) in June 2010.Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki and Adam Woźniak
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Mulsant E.:
Description de quelques coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la tribu des Longicornes, suivie d'observations sur diverses espèces de cette tribu
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon (2) 1: 122-137, 1851. [download]
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]
| Subfamilia | Prioninae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Ergatini Fairmaire, 1864 |
| Genus | Ergates Audinet-Serville, 1832 |
| Species | Ergates faber (Linnaeus, 1761) |
| Subspecies | Ergates faber opifex Mulsant, 1851 |