Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis (Harrer, 1784)
ssp. volgensis Kraatz, 1883
[= Phytoecia volgensis Kraatz, 1883]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Phytoecia affinis volgensis, a subspecies occuring in South of Russia, has been described from Volga region (Russia) as Phytoecia volgensis by Gustav Kraatz in 1883 [❖].

Body length:	10 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	oligophagous in Apiaceae (Chaerophyllum, Pastinacia, Bupleurum, Imperatoria etc.)
Distribution:	Russia: South European Territory

Depicted beetles were collected in Pyatigorsk (Пятиго́рск) environs (800 m a.s.l., Stavropol Krai, North Caucasian Federal District of Russia) on June 6, 2002.

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Kraatz G.:
Phytoecia volgensis n. sp.
Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 2 (11): 276, 1883. [download ]

Plavilstshikov N.N.:
Matériaux pour la révision générale des Phytoéciaires paléarctiques. I. Sous-genre Musaria (J. Thoms.) et ses voisins (Col. Ceramb.) (cont.).
Eos. Revista Española de Entomología, Madrid 5: 379-426, 1929. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Phytoecia Pic, 1892
Subgenus	Musaria J. Thomson, 1864
Species	Phytoecia (Musaria) affinis volgensis Kraatz, 1883