Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: GRACILIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Lucasianus levaillantii, a rare species from South-West Mediterranean (Algeria, Morocco, France, Portugal, Spain), has been described from Oran environs (Algeria) as Cerambyx ? Levaillantii by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1849 [▽]. The new genus for this interesting taxon, named Lucasianus in honor of the discoverer, was estabilished by Maurice Pic in 1891 [❖]. Larvae of this crepuscular species with summer-early autumn acivity develop in dead or dying branches of conifers, especially from Cupressaceae family. Local populations of this originally North-African species are known from the Iberian peninsula and South-France, where was species probably introduced together with ornamental Cupressaceae or wood in the early 20th century [✧].
Body length: 5 - 10 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: June - October Host plant: polyphagous in conifers (Cedrus, Cupressus, Juniperus) Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, France, Portugal, Spain
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in dead Cupressus sempervirens in Chiclana de la Frontera environs (Comarca de la Bahía de Cádiz, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain) in May 2, 1996.Collected by J.Plaza
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Lucas P.H.:
Histoire Naturelle des animaux articulés. Coléoptères.
In Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques et Zoologie II. (Deuxième partie. Insectes) [1846] 2: 590pp, 1849. [download]
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Pic M.:
Faune Franco-algérienne (variétés).
Matériaux pour servir à l'étude des Longicornes 1 (1): 1-50, 1891. [download[✧]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos / Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae : Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143–185, 2019. [download
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Graciliini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Lucasianus Pic, 1891 |
| Species | Lucasianus levaillantii (Lucas, 1847) |