ssp. slamorum Danilevsky, 2012
[= Macrotoma scutellaris (Germar, 1817)]
[= Prinobius myardi scutellaris (Germar, 1817)]
Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: MACROTOMINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Prinobius myardi slamorum is an common East-Mediterranean taxon distributed from Balcan peninsula to Iran. The name for this subspecies has been proposed by Mikchail Danilevsky in 2012 [❖]. This polyphagous beetle develops in broad spectrum of deciduos trees (Quercus, Fraxinus, Acer, Pyrus, Morus, Alnus, Populus, Salix, Platanus, Pistacia, Olea etc.). Larvae prefer dead trunks or branches of a larger diameter. Life cycle 3 and more years. Adults, active from June to September, are crepuscular/nocturnal and can be attracted by light [✧].
The unclear taxonomic situation within the taxon P. myardi is still debatable and confirmation of the existence/validity of the 5 known subspecies [✧] probably needs further research.
Body length: ♂♂ 28 - 47 mm / ♀♀ 35 - 50 mm Life cycle: several years Adults in: June - September Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees Distribution: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Creta, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Montenegro, Iran
The depicted mounted beetles ware collected in Kokkino Nero (Mount Ossa environs, Thessaly, Greece) July 6-16, 2012. The living beetles were reared from larvae found in Malia (North Crete, Greece) and Eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Thessaly, Greece), respectively.Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki, Adam Woźniak and M.Rejzek
[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Additions and corrections to the new Catalogue of Palaearctic Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) edited by I. Löbl and A. Smetana, 2010. Part. V.
Humanity space - International Almanac 75: 1 (3): 695-741, 2012. [download]
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 31-33], 2014. [download
[Photo © Adam Woźniak]
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
| Subfamilia | Prioninae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Macrotomini J. Thomson, 1861 |
| Genus | Prinobius Mulsant, 1842 |
| Species | Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842 |
| Subspecies | Prinobius myardi slamorum Danilevsky, 2012 |