Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni - red form [Photo © David Navrátil]
Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni was described by Franz Faldermann from "Transcaucasia" in 1837 [❖].
Body length: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: Trinia sp. (Apiaceae) Distribution: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia: South European Territory, Ukraine, Kazakhstan
The depicted beetles were collected on the host plant (Trinia) in steppes in Kasristskali (კასრისწყალი) village environs (Kakheti Region of Eastern Georgia) on May 19-20, 2015 and May 17, 2016.
Collected by David Navrátil and P.Jelínek
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Faldermann F.:
Fauna entomologica Transcaucasica. Coleoptera 2. Longicornes vel Capricornes.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5 (2): 1-433 [pages 296-297], 1837. [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
Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni - dark form [Photo © David Navrátil]
Phytoecia faldermanni ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Phytoecia faldermanni ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Phytoecia faldermanni ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 |
| Subgenus: | Musaria J. Thomson, 1864 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Musaria) faldermanni Faldermann, 1837 |