Phytoecia (Opsilia) varentzowi Semenov, 1896
[= Opsilia varentzowi (Semenov, 1896)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: SAPERDINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Phytoecia varentzowi, a species occuring in the Transcaucasia and Central/West Asia, has been described from Uzun-Ada at Caspian Sea by Andrej Petrovitsch Semenov Tian-Shanskij in 1896 [▽].

Body length:	6 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	Boraginaceae
Distribution:	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Iran, Kirghizia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

The depicted beetles were collected on the left bank of Illy river (60 km N Almaty, Almaty region, Kazakhstan) on May 5, 2009.

Collected by O.Pak

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[▽]
Semenov Tian-Shanskij A.P.:
Coleoptera Asiatica Nova. VII.
Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, St. Petersbourg 30 (3-4): 238-259, 1896. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Saperdini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Phytoecia Pic, 1892
Subgenus	Opsilia Mulsant, 1863
Species	Phytoecia (Opsilia) varentzowi Semenov, 1896