ssp. laurasii (Lucas, 1852)
[= Semanotus laurasi laurasi (Lucas, 1852)]
Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CALLIDIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Semanotus laurasii, a species occuring in France, Spain, Algeria and Morocco, has been described from Teniet-el-Haad environs (Algeria) as Sympiezocera Laurasii by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1851 [✮]. Biology of this beautiful species developing in Cupressaceae is similar to the sister taxon Semanotus russicus russicus (Fabricius, 1776). Adults, active from March to September, are nocturnal and can be found on the host trees [▽].
Body length: 7 - 24 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: March - September Host plant: oligophagous in family Cupressaceae (Juniperus, Cupressus) Distribution: France, Spain, Algeria, Morocco
The depicted mounted beetles were collected in: ♂ - Pagoma Kurre (Álava province, Basque country, Spain) on February 16, 2005; ♀ - Las Caldas del Besaya environs (Cantabria province, Cantabria autonomous community, Spain) on April 16, 2019. The living specimens were reared from larvae found in a dead juniper (Juniperus sp.) in South France in autumn 2024.Collected by J. Navarro and R. Sanz
[✮]
Lucas P.H.:
Séance du 22 octobre 1851. [un Longicorne qui doit former une nouvelle coupe générique].
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 9 (2): cvi-cvii, 1851. [download]
[▽]
Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 152pp [pages 84-85], 1946. [download
Semanotus laurasii ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Semanotus laurasii ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Semanotus laurasii ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Callidiini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Semanotus Mulsant, 18393 |
| Species | Semanotus laurasii (Lucas, 1852) |
| Species | Semanotus laurasii laurasii (Lucas, 1852) |