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Cyprus 25. March - 8. April 2006 
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The island
of Cyprus is situated in the north-eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and it
is known for high level of endemism of its fauna and flora.
For
this reason, it became a goal of our four-member trip. We chose the period of
turn of March and April for our visit of Cyprus. The temperatures reach to
comfortable 25 °C at this time of the year and we had a prospect of catching
adults of several early species and collecting wood with younger developmental
stages of many summer species.
The
spectrum of cerambycids of Cyprus is not as rich as in nearby Turkey, both in
the number of species and the total amount of specimen.
Therefore, I recommend a visit of this island only to more advanced
entomologists.
Despite
that, Cyprus is worth visiting anyhow.
Several photos of the Cedar valley, which is the only site of occurrence
of endemic species of cedar - Cedrus brevifolia.
These impressive trees with spreading treetops also serve as a host
plants of two endemic taxons
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Axinopalpis
barbarae Sama, 1993 ssp. barbarae Sama, 1993
and Glaphyra bassettii Sama, 1992.
The island
of Cyprus is an interesting site, not only for entomologists, but also for the
herpetologist.
Colourful
lizards cross the road or pathway every few minutes, having bigger piece the
luck you can see Agama stellio - (top right), or a common
chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) - (bottom left).
Three photos from the Troodos mountains,
covered by pine forests (Pinus nigra),
with undergrowth of oak Quercus
alnifolia and rockrose Cistus
creticus.
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List of species of family
Cerambycidae,
recorded during our expedition
Behind the name of a species is listed its
host plant,
species marked by
"CY"
are quoted as endemic for Cyprus in the literature.
GRAMMOPTERA
baudii Sama, 1985 ssp. baudii Sama, 1985 -
CY
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Pistacia terebinthus
PEDOSTRANGALIA
raggii Sama, 1992
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CY
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Quercus alnifolia
TRICHOFERUS
antonioui Sama, 1994 -
CY
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Cistus creticus
TRICHOFERUS
georgioui
Sama & Makris, 2001 -
CY
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Ceratonia siliqua
TRICHOFERUS
griseus
(Fabricius, 1792) -
Ficus carica
TRICHOFERUS
fasciculatus
(Faldermann,
1837) ssp. fasciculatus (Faldermann, 1837)
- Ceratonia siliqua
STROMATIUM
unicolor (Olivier, 1795)
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Prunus dulcis
ICOSIUM
tomentosum Lucas, 1854 ssp. atticum
Ganglbauer, 1881
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Cupressus sempervirens
DEILUS fugax
(Olivier, 1790) - Genista
fasselata
AXINOPALPIS
barbarae Sama, 1993-
ssp. barbarae Sama, 1993 -
CY
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Cedrus brevifolia
ssp. consobrinus Sama, 1993 -
CY
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Prunus dulcis
GLAPHYRA
bassettii Sama, 1992 –
CY
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Cedrus brevifolia
NATHRIUS brevipennis
(Mulsant, 1839)
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Ceratonia siliqua
CERTALLUM
ebulinum (Linnaeus, 1767)
PURPURICENUS nicocles
Schaufuss, 1871 -
CY
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Quercus alnifolia
DELAGRANGEUS
angustissimus Pic, 1892 ssp. troodi Sama, 1994
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Juniperus
foetidissima
CLYTUS
rhamni Germar, 1817 ssp. rhamni Germar, 1817
CHLOROPHORUS
varius
(Müller, 1766) ssp. damascenus (Chevrolat, 1854)
NIPHONA picticornis
Mulsant, 1839
Ficus carica,
Cistus cretica,
Pistacia terebinthus
HELLADIA
millefolii (Adams, 1817)
ssp. alziari Sama, 1992
HELLADIA
humeralis (Waltl, 1828)
PHYTOECIA
virgula
( Charpentier, 1825 )
PHYTOECIA
geniculata Mulsant, 1863
CALAMOBIUS
filum (Rossi, 1790)
AGAPANTHIA
gemella Holzschuh, 1989 -
CY
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Astragalus lusitanicus
AGAPANTHIA
suturalis (Fabricius, 1787)
AGAPANTHIA
nicosiensis Pic, 1927 –
CY
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Echinops spinosissimus,
Cynara cardunculus, Asphodelus aestivus
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Helladia humeralis
(Waltl, 1828)
Helladia millefolii
(Adams, 1817)
Agapanthia gemella
Holzschuh, 1989
ssp. alziari
Sama, 1992
Axinopalpis barbarae
Sama, 1993 Axinopalpis barbarae Sama, 1993 Glaphyra bassettii
Sama, 1992
ssp. barbarae
Sama, 1993
ssp. consobrinus
Sama, 1993
Agapanthia nicosiensis
Pic, 1927 Certallum ebulinum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Penichroa
fasciata (Stephens, 1831)
Delagrangeus angustissimus
Pic, 1892
ssp. troodi
Sama, 1994 Icosium tomentosum Lucas, 1854 ssp.
atticum
Ganglbauer, 1881
Trichoferus antonioui
Sama, 1994
Trichoferus georgioui
Sama & Makris, 2001
Trichoferus
griseus
(Fabricius, 1792) Trichoferus
fasciculatus (Faldermann,
1837) Niphona
picticornis
Mulsant, 1839
Adult of
Agapanthia gemella
Holzschuh,
1989, still hidden Astragalus lusitanicus,
the host plant of
in its pupal cell in dead stem of
Astragalus lusitanicus Agapanthia
gemella Holzschuh, 1989
Agapanthia
suturalis (Fabricius, 1787)
 
Pedostrangalia
raggii Sama, 1992
Pedostrangalia
raggii Sama, 1992
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newly hatched adult in its pupal cell
- adult specimen
Purpuricenus nicocles
Schaufuss,
1871
photo: Richard Ambrus
photo: Richard Ambrus
Stromatium unicolor
(Olivier, 1795)
And
finally, our favorite brand of local beer
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