ssp. aureopubens Pic, 1908
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: STENOCORINI
[Photo © Lech Kruszelnicki]
Stenocorus quercus aureopubens, an interesting taxon known from Transcaucasia, has been described as Stenocorus quercus var. aureopubens by Maurice Pic in 1908 [▽]. The larvae develop deep underground in dead rotting roots of deciduous trees, usually far from the trunk. Pupation in the soil. Adults, active from May to July, are diurnal and anthophilous [✧].
Body length: ♂♂ 12 - 17 mm / ♀♀ 14 - 22 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - July Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Acer...) Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey [❖], Iran
Depicted mounted beetles were captured in Leninovka in Dedoplistskaro (დედოფლისწყარო) environs (Kakheti region, Georgia) on May 7, 2014. The living specimens were collected on flowers in Mtskheta (მცხეთა) environs (N41°49′37″ E44°41′45″; Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia) on May 21, 2024.Collected by Lech Kruszelnicki and Petr Jelínek.
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Pic M.:
Notes diverses et diagnoses.
Matériaux pour servir à l'étude des Longicornes 7 (1): 2-6, 1908. [download]
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Moscow: Higher School Consulting 1: 522pp [page 95], 2014. [download[❖]
Özdikmen H., Cihan N. and Kaya G.:
A Survey of Turkish Stenocorus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with a New Species Stenocorus (s.str.) guveni.
Pakistan Journal of Zoology 46 (3): 697-706, 2014. [download
Stenocorus quercus aureopubens ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Stenocorus quercus aureopubens ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Stenocorini Thomson, 1861 |
| Genus | Stenocorus Fabricius, 1775 |
| Subgenus | Anisorus Mulsant, 1863 |
| Species | Stenocorus (Anisorus) quercus (Götz, 1783) |
| Subspecies | Stenocorus (Anisorus) quercus aureopubens Pic, 1908 |