[= Leptura inermis K. Daniel et J. Daniel, 1898]
[= Strangalia elboursensis Pic, 1905]
[= Strangalia inermis (K. Daniel et J. Daniel, 1898)]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
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Rutpela inermis, a sister species of a common European Rutpela maculata (Poda, 1761), is distributed in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan. It has been described from Talysh Mountains (Azerbaijan) as Leptura inermis by Karl and Josef Daniel in 1898 [▽]. Larvae develop in decaying wood of deciduous trees, pupate in wood during spring. Adults, active from May to July, are diurnal and anthophilous (e.g. reported on blossoming hawthorn in Talysh Mts.) [❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 11 - 12 mm / ♀♀ 12 -13 mm. Life cycle: 2 - 3 years [?] Adults in: May - June Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Carpinus) Distribution: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan
The depicted females (typical and dark form) were collected in Rashī village environs (N36°50′18″ E49°39′47″; 900-960 m a.s.l., Rahmatabad and Blukat district, Rudbar county, Gilan province, Iran) on June 16, 2010 and June 9-11, 2014.Collected by Walter Grosser
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Daniel K. and Daniel J.:
Zwanzig neue Arten aus dem paläarktischen Faunengebiet.
Coleopteren-Studien 2 (7): 61-82, Druck C. Wolf & Sohn, München, 1898. [download]
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 338], 2014. [download
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Subgenus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Species | Rutpela (Rutpela) inermis (K. Daniel et J. Daniel, 1898) |