Phytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes (Olivier, 1795)
ssp. rufipes (Olivier, 1795)
[= Saperda umbellatarum Gistel, 1831]
[= Saperda sibirica Gebler, 1833]
[= Oberea coeca Küster, 1848]
[= Phytæcia ledereri Mulsant, 1851]
[= Phytœcia femoralis Mulsant, 1862]
[= Phytoecia ludovici Pic, 1891]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © Ismael Pérez]
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes

[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

Phytoecia rufipes, a species with a large area of occurrence (from Central Asia and Asia Minor to Western Europe), has been described from France as Saperda rufipes by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1795 [▽].

Body length:8 – 14 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April – July
Host plant:oligophagous in Apiaceae (Foeniculum, Ferula etc.)
Distribution:Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine


The depicted mounted beetles were collected in: ♂ – Finca El Ardal at Linares (Jaén province, Andalusia, Spain) on June 1, 2013; ♀ – 1 km NW of Materija village (510 m a.s.l, Hrpelje-Kozina municipality, Slovensko Primorje region, Slovenia) on May 22, 2014 (on Foeniculum vulgare).

The living specimens was photographed on the host plants in: (IP) – Estepona environs (Sierra Bermeja, Málaga province, Andalusia, Spain) on May 2, 2023; (PJ) – Kasristskali (კასრისწყალი) village environs (NP Vashlovani, Tskaro district, Kakheti Region, Eastern Georgia) on May 14, 2018.

Collected by Antonio Hidalgo, David Navrátil, Ismael Pérez and Petr Jelínek


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Olivier G.-A.:
Entomologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie et leur figure enluminée.
Coléoptères, Imprimerie de Lanneau, Paris 4: 519pp, pages 1-124 (1795); 125-492 (1800). [download pdf icon]

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. [download pdf icon]


Alocerus marcoi - male genitalia

Male genitalia of Phytoecia rufipes rufipes (Olivier, 1795) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]


Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © Ismael Pérez]
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Phytoecia rufipes rufipes
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusSaperdini Mulsant, 1839
GenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SubgenusPhytoecia Pic, 1892
SpeciesPhytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes (Olivier, 1795)
SubspeciesPhytoecia (Phytoecia) rufipes rufipes (Olivier, 1795)