Stenopterus mauritanicus Lucas, 1849

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: STENOPTERINI

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Stenopterus mauritanicus, an Ibero-Maghrebian species occuring in Algeria, Canary Islands, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia, has been described from Algeria by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas in 1847 [✧]. S. mauritanicus larvae develop in dead wood of broadleaf trees and shrubs (Quercus, Pistacia, Cytiscus, Prunus, Calicotome etc.). Adults, active from May to July, are diurnal and anthophilous [✮].

Body length:	9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Pistacia, Cytiscus, Prunus, Calicotome etc.)
Distribution:	Algeria, Canary Islands, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia

The depicted beetles were collected in Khenifra environs (1590 m a.s.l., Middle Atlas Mts., Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco) on May 14, 2023.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[✧]
Lucas P.H.:
Histoire Naturelle des animaux articulés. Coléoptères.
In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques et Zoologie II. (Deuxième partie. Insectes) [1846] 2: 590pp, 1847. [download ]

[✮]
Trócoli S.:
Actualización del catálogo de Longicornios de Marruecos Actualisation du catalogue des Longicornes du Maroc (Parte III / Partie III : Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae).
Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie (R.A.R.E.) 28 (3): 143-185, 2019. [download ]

Villiers A.:
Coléoptères Cérambycides de l'Afrique du Nord.
Faune de l'Empire Français, ORSC Paris, 5: 1-152, 1946. [download ]

Sama G.:
Studi sugli Stenopterini. Il genere Stenopterus Illiger, 1804 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 100 (4): 385-410, 1995. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Stenopterini Fairmaire, 1868
Genus	Stenopterus Illiger, 1804
Species	Stenopterus mauritanicus Lucas, 1849