Phytoecia (Musaria) kurdistana, a widely distributed SW-Asian species known from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, has been described from "Persisch-Kurdistan" (North-West Iran)
by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1884 [▽]. So far, all specimens of P. kurdistana we found only on Eryngium sp. (Sea-holly; Apiaceae), which probably serves as a host plant of this remarkable species.
| Body length: | 12 - 22 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | May - July |
| Host plant: | Eryngium sp. (Sea-holly; Apiaceae) |
| Distribution: | Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey |
The depicted living specimens were collected and photographed on the host plant (Eryngium): (MH) - close to Dzori Taguhin Hotel ca 6.5 km E of Vayk
(N39°41′34″ E45°32′26″; 1320 m a.s.l., Vayots Dzor Province, SE Armenia) on June 12, 2012; (PJ) - 3 km E of Morvārīd (مرواريد) village environs
(N34°52′29″ E47°00′04″; 2250 m a.s.l., Central district of Kamyaran county, Kordestan province, Iran) on June 6, 2019.
The mounted male was collected in Shamshīr (شمشير) settlement environs (1770-2000 m a.s.l., Paveh county, Kermanshah province, Iran) on May 22, 2015.
Collected by Michal Hoskovec, Petr Jelínek and Sergei O. Kakunin
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Ganglbauer L.:
Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. VIII. Cerambycidae. (Schluss.) Mit Berücksichtigung der Formen Algiers und des paläarktischen Asiens, exclusive jener von Japan.
Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 [1883]: 437-586 [page 572], 1884.
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Breuning S.:
Révision du genre Phytoecia Muls. (Col. Cerambycidae).
Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 2 (1): 1-103, 1951.
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