New data on the distribution, biology and ecology of the longhorn beetles from the area of South and East Kazakhstan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
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Karpinski, Lech
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Szczepanski, Wojciech T.
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lewa, Radoslaw
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Walczak, Marcin
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Hilszczanski, Jacek
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Kruszelnicki, Lech
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Los, Krzysztof
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Jaworski, Tomasz
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Marek Bidas,
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Tarwacki, Grzegorz
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ZooKeys
2018
805
59
126
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.805.29660
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.805.29660
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Echinocerus floralis (Pallas, 1773)
Material examined.
East Kazakhstan Region: 3 km N of Taskesken [
Taskesken
] (
47°14'N
,
80°47'E
), 581 m a.s.l., 14 VI 2017, 1♂, leg. WTS; 3♂♂, 1♀, leg. LK; 15 km NW of Taskesken [
Taskesken
] (
47°18'N
,
80°36'E
), 15 VI 2017, 627 m a.s.l., 2♂♂, leg. WTS; 1♂, 1♀, leg. LK; 2♂♂, 2♀♀, leg. MW; 1♂, leg. MB; 15 km W of Tarbagatay [
Tarbagatai
] (
47°46'N
,
81°37'E
), 1072 m a.s.l., 15 VI 2017, 1♀, leg. WTS; Tarbagatay [
Tarbagatai
] env. (
47°47'N
,
81°17'E
), 964 m a.s.l., 15 VI 2017, 1♂, leg. WTS; 25 km W of Tarbagatay [
Tarbagatai
] (
47°50'N
,
81°49'E
), 878 m a.s.l., 16 VI 2017, 1♀, leg. LK; Kurshim [
Kүrshіm
] env. (
48°34'N
,
83°36'E
), 406 m a.s.l., 17 VI 2017, 3♂♂, leg. WTS; 10 km S of Bayash Utepov [
Bayash
Utepov
] (
49°35'N
,
82°28'E
), 508 m a.s.l., 25 VI 2017, 3♂♂, leg. WTS; 2♀♀, leg. LK; 1♂, leg. MW.
Remarks.
This widespread thermophilous species is distributed from Europe throughout Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, the Middle East and Central Asia to the Xinjiang region in China (
Danilevsky 2018a
). The larvae develop in the stems and roots of various herbaceous plants (e.g.
Medicago
,
Onobrychis
,
Amaranthus
and
Cornelia
,
Melilotus
) (
Cherepanov 1990b
). The adults are active in June and July, when they can be frequently observed visiting flowers of various plant species (
Sama 2002
).
The imagines were found in many rather dry or ruderal habitats, such as the roadside vegetation strips (Fig. 12C), hills with
Rosa
and canyons at riverbanks with
Caragana
and
Lonicera
(Fig. 15A).