Echinocerus Mulsant, 1862

Ilić, Nastas & Ćurčić, Srećko, 2015, A checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Serbia, Zootaxa 4026 (1), pp. 1-97 : 58

Echinocerus Mulsant, 1862

151. Echinocerus floralis (Pallas, 1773)

Examined material. 1 S, Srem D, Belgrade, village of Kupinovo, Kupinovski Kut, 26.VI.1958, JI; 2 S, Pomoravlje D, Mt. Beljanica, Resava River Canyon, 06.VIII.1985, NI; 13 S, Srem D, Mt. Fruška Gora, Stražilovo, 26.VI.1988, NI; 54 S, Pomoravlje D, Svilajnac, Baćica Hill, 11–25.VI.1992, NI; 4 M, 2 F, Bor D, Tekija, 16.VI.1993, NI; 2 M, 2 F, idem, 21.VI.2011, NI; 1 S, idem, 23.VI.2014, NI; 2 S, Pomoravlje D, Svilajnac, by the Morava River, 26.VII.1993, NI; 6 S, South Banat D, Deliblato Sands, Devojački Bunar, 13.VI.2004, NI; 22 S, North Bačka D, Subotica, Treset Lake surroundings, 30.VI.2004, NI; 2 S, Bor D, Donji Milanovac, 08.VII.2005, NI; 2 S, South Banat D, Vršačko Brdo Hill, 17.VI.2006, NI; 6 S, South Banat D, Deliblato Sands, Šumarak, 23.V– 20.VI.2009, NI; 1 M, Bor D, Kazan — Ploče, 15–18.VI.2009, DS; 2 M, 2 F, Zaječar D, Mt. Rtanj, village of Rtanj, 07.VII.2012, NI; 2 S, Bor D, Donji Milanovac, Mt. Liškovac, Oman, 620 m a.s.l., 25.V–21. VI.2013, NI; 1 S, Kolubara D, Mt. Povlen, village of Donji Taor, 950 m a.s.l., 05–15.VII.2013, NI; 2 S, Pirot D, Mt. Stara Planina, village of Topli Do, 850 m a.s.l., 26.VII.2013, NI ( Ćurčić et al. 2003; Ilić 2005; Ilić & Ćurčić 2013; Ilić et al. 2013; this paper).

Distribution. Europe except its north, Russia, Asia Minor , Mt. Caucasus, Transcaucasian area, Iran.

Distribution in Serbia. N (V), W, C, E, and S (including K) (1; 2; 10; 14; 17; 21–23; 27; 43; 52–54; 56; 59; 60; 62; 68; 76; 80; this paper).

Remarks. Frequently found in Serbia. Mostly collected in large numbers on flowers of Asteraceae on meadows during warm sunny days.