Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: SAPERDINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Phytoecia marki, a rare species occuring in Armenia and Georgia, has been described from Noravank environs (Armenia) by Mikhail Danilevsky in 2008 [▽]. P. marki is very close to P. annulipes Mulsant et Rey, 1863 described from South Turkey and was recorded under that name from Armenia, as well as under the name P. icterica without available specimens. It differs from P. annulipes by clerly wider proothorax, which is distinctly transverse in female; shorter antennae; less pronounced pronotal callosities; abdomen regularly covered with dense pale pubescence, while in P. annulipes abdomen is black with bright yellow pubescence of posterior margin sternites. Moreover, pale pubescence of P. marki is dirty white, but in P. annulipes is bright yellow. The colour of legs is similar, but red areas are much larger in P. annulipes [▽].
Body length: 7 - 10 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: [?] probably Apiaceae Distribution: Armenia, Georgia
Depicted beetles were swept from the steppe vegetation in Antarut (Անտառուտ) village environs (2000-2100 m a.s.l., Mt. Aragats, Aragatsotn province, Armenia) on June 6, 2013.Collected by D.Navrátil
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Two new species of Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Armenia.
Eversmannia 15-16: 6-16, 2008. [download]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Saperdini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Subgenus | Phytoecia Pic, 1892 |
| Species | Phytoecia (Phytoecia) marki Danilevsky, 2008 |