Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PARMENINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]
Parmena subpubescens, rare species endemic to South Italy (Calabria) and Italian islands (Sardinia, Sicilia, Aegadian Islands) was described from Lavazo (Aegadian Islands) by Klaus Hellrigl in 1971 [❖].
Body length: 7 - 9 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: April - October Host plant: develops in Euphorbia dendroides and in deciduous trees (known from Ficus carica, Nerium oleander) Distribution: South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia [✧]
The depicted mounted specimens were collected in Monte Nieddu environs (Sarróch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy) on May 20-24, 1996. The depicted living beetles were reared from dead branches of Nerium oleander and Euphorbia dendroides collected in Sardinia.Collected by Jiří Krátký and Martin Rejzek
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Hellrigl K.G.:
Sulla distribuzione di Parmena Latr. In Italia e descrizione di una nuova specie delle isole Egadi: P. subpubescens n. sp..
Memorias del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 19: 445-455, 1971. [download]
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Sama G.:
The Cerambycidae of Marganai and Montimannu (SW Sardinia) (Coleoptera).
Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati 5: 543-552, 2011. [download
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec, Fuji Provia 100F 35 mm film scan]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Parmenini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Parmena Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Parmena subpubescens Hellrigl, 1971 |