Saperda similis Laicharting, 1784

Karpinski, Lech, Szczepanski, Wojciech T., Boldgiv, Bazartseren & Walczak, Marcin, 2018, New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), ZooKeys 739, pp. 107-150 : 118

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.23675

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1679384-881D-4263-B885-375CA73F141E

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scientific name

Saperda similis Laicharting, 1784
status

 

Saperda similis Laicharting, 1784

Material examined.

Selenge Aimag : 50 km NE of Zuunkharaa (49°05'N, 107°17'E), 930 m a.s.l., 03 VIII 2015, 1 larva, Salix sp., leg. LK GoogleMaps .

Remarks.

Saperda similis is a rather rare but widespread species that is distributed from Europe to the Far East ( Danilevsky 2017a). Although this species is ecologically associated with willows ( Cherepanov 1991b), according to Sama (2002), it is probably monophagous on Salix caprea . The larvae develop in thin stems and branches of willows that are still growing ( Cherepanov 1991b). The adults are active at dusk and during the night in June and July and can be found on their host plants ( Sama 2002).

A single larva in a pupal cell (Fig. 9E View Figure 9 ) was found in the trunk of a recently dead willow Salix sp. in the light taiga next to a river (Fig. 9F View Figure 9 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Saperda