[= Albana m-griseum Mulsant, 1846]
[= Albana m-grisea Mulsant, 1846]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PTEROPLIINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Pterolophia m-griseum, a rare species endemic to to South-Western Europe (France and Spain), has been desribed from Montpellier evirons as Albana m-grisea by Étienne Mulsant in 1846 [▽]. Larvae of this interesting beetle develop in stems and twigs of of Fabaceae plants (Genista, Spartium, Sarothamnus). Adults, active from April to September, are crepuscular/nocturnal and can be found on the host plants. Biology and morphology of the immature stages wre not described [✮].
Body length: 4 - 7 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: April - September Host plant: Fabaceae plants (Genista, Spartium, Sarothamnus) Distribution: France, Spain
The depicted beetle was reared from a larva found in a dead Genista twig collected in Port Vendres environs (Pyrénées-Orientales, South France) in summer 2016.Collected by Petr Jelínek
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Mulsant E.:
Supplément aux Longicornes.
Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Sulcicolles, Sécuripalpes. Maison, Paris: i-xxiv + [1] + 280pp, 1846. [download]
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Verdugo Paez A.:
Los cerambícidos (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) de Andalucía.
Monográfico №1 Sociedad Andaluza de Entomología, Córdoba 5-149, 2004. [download
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Pteropliini Thomson, 1860 |
| Genus | Pterolophia Newman, 1842 |
| Subgenus | Pterolophia Newman, 1842 |
| Species | Pterolophia (Pterolophia) m-griseum (Mulsant, 1846) |