[= Phytœcia Grenieri Fairmaire, 1861]
[= Phytæcia brevis Chevrolat, 1882]
[= Phytoecia cosettae Iablokoff, 1953]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Phytoecia erythrocnema Lucas, 1849, a common West Mediterranean species occuring in South France, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, has been described from Algeria by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1847 [✩]. Larvae of P. erythrocnema develop in the basal parts of the stems and in the roots of herbaceous plants (Onopordon, Daucus, Foeniculum, Eryngium etc.). Adults, active from April to July, are diurnal and can be found on the host plants [✮].
Body length: 8 – 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April – July Host plant: polyphagous in herbaceous plants (Onopordon, Daucus, Foeniculum, Eryngium etc.) Distribution: France, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
The depicted mounted beetles were collected on the host plant (Daucus sp.) in Taounate (تاونات) environs (N34°33′37″ W04°37′36″; 470 m a.s.l., Taounate province, Fès-Meknès region, Morocco) on April 21, 2023.Collected by our friend Petr Papoušek
[✩]
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]
[✮]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte IV / Partie IV: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 29 (1): 26-65, 2020. [downloadVilliers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download
Male genitalia of Phytoecia erythrocnema Lucas, 1849 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Subgenus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Phytoecia) erythrocnema Lucas, 1847 |