Rhopaloscelis schurmanni Breuning, 1969

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DESMIPHORINI

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[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]

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Rhopaloscelis schurmanni, a rare Cerambycid species known from NW Iran and Azerbaijan (Talysh) only, was described by Stephan Breuning from locality situated between Chalus and Tonekābon (Shahsavar) on the Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea in 1969 [❖].

Body length:	8 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	Ficus carica, in Talysh in wingnut (Pterocarya sp.) [✧]
Distribution:	Iran, Azerbaijan (Talysh)

The depicted beetles were collected 23 km E of Marzanabad (Māzandarān province, Iran) on May 21, 2017.

Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki

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[❖]
Breuning S.:
Eine neue Art der Gattung Rhopaloscelis Bless. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft österreichischer Entomologen 21 (3): 76, 1969. [download ]

[✧]
Miroshnikov A.I.:
New data on the Longicorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of the Talysh Mountains.
Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes de Moscou 106(1): 49-50, 2001. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Desmiphorini Thomson, 1860
Genus	Rhopaloscelis Blessig, 1873
Species	Rhopaloscelis schurmanni Breuning, 1969