[= Mallosia (Submallosia) tamashaczi Sama & Székely, 2010]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
This beautiful Mallosia species, close to Mallosia jakowlewi, was recently described by Gianfranco Sama and Kálmán Székely from Zagros Mountains in Western Iran [✧].
Body length: ♂♂ 24 - 35 mm / ♀♀ 35 - 43 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Ferula sp. Distribution: a species endemic to Iran
The depicted mounted beetles were collected on the host plant (Ferula sp.) 3 km NW of Ārdaḵān (East Iran, Fārs province) on May 1st, 2016. The living beetles were photographed in the same site on May 14, 2019.Collected by our friend Lech Kruszelnicki and P.Jelínek
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Sama G. and Székely K.:
Description of a new species of Mallosia (Eumallosia) from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 5: 896-899, 2010. [download]
Özdikmen H. and Aytar F.:
Subgeneric arrangement of Mallosia Mulsant, 1862 with three new subgenera, and a new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (2): 653-662, 2012. [download
Mallosia (Eumallosia Danilevsky, 1990) = M. (Anatolomallosia Özdikmen & Aytar, 2012 type species Mallosia nonnigra Özdikmen & Aytar, 2012), syn. nov. = M. (Submallosia Özdikmen & Aytar, 2012 type species Mallosia jakovlevi Semenov, 1895), syn. nov. The type species of both subgenera are typical representatives of Mallosia (Eumallosia Danilevsky, 1990).
Danilevsky M.L.:
Chrysomeloidea I (Vesperidae, Disteniidae, Cerambycidae), Updated and Revised 2nd Edition
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Vol. 6/1, Brill, Leiden-Boston, 712pp, 2021.
Mallosia (Eumallosia) tamashaczi ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Mallosia (Eumallosia) tamashaczi ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Mallosia (Eumallosia) tamashaczi ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Mallosia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Subgenus | Eumallosia Danilevsky, 1990 |
| Species | Mallosia (Submallosia) tamashaczi Sama & Székely, 2010 |