Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: HESPEROPHANINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Trichoferus cisti, an endemic species to Morocco, has been originally described as Trichoferus spartii cisti from Tizi-n'Test (Morocco) by Gianfranco Sama in 1987 [❖]. Larvae of this species develop in living stems and roots of pink rockrose (Cistus villosus).
Body length: 9 - 15 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: June - August Host plant: Cistus villosus Distribution: species endemic to Morocco
The beetles depicted were reared from larvae found in Cistus villosus stems in Tizi n'Test pass environs (2100 m a.s.l., High Atlas Mts., Al Haouz province, Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco) on May 16, 2023 and May 27, 2022.Collected by David Navrátil and Petr Jelínek
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Sama G.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des longicornes de l'Afrique du Nord.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 4 (1): 43-64, 1987. [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
Male genitalia of Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987 in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Trichoferus cisti ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Trichoferus cisti ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Trichoferus cisti ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Trichoferus Wollaston, 1854 |
| Species | Trichoferus cisti Sama, 1987 |