Stictoleptura rufa rufa (Brullé, 1832)

Tatur-Dytkowski, Jan, Kruszelnicki, Lech, Górski, Paweł & Mpamnaras, Athanasios, 2024, Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Ossa massif, Greece, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 24 (2), pp. 161-190 : 181

Stictoleptura rufa rufa (Brullé, 1832)

Localities:

- E Ossa Mt., Kokkino Nero, 2.06.2006, 3 exx., on Daucaceae , leg. MW ; 3.06.2006, 1 ex., on Daucaceae , leg. MW ; 7.06.2012, 1 ex., on Daucaceae , leg. MW ; 3.06.2006, 1 ex., leg. LK; 1812 m a.s.l., on Centaurea sp. , 31.05.2016, 1 ex., leg. MW ; road Spilia-Karitsa, 770 m a.s.l., 24.06.2020, 1 ex., in flight around Quercus pubescens oaks, leg. AM ;

- W Ossa Mt., Ampelakia env., ca. 550 m a.s.l., Q. pubescens forest, 17.06.2021, 6 exx., on flowers and in flight around an old hollowed oak, leg. AM ; 23.06.2021, 10 exx., leg. AM ; Spilia, 27.06.2016, 1 ex., leg. AW; 10.07.2020, 1 ex. ( Fig. 7B ), leg. AW.

181 Very scarce species in southern Europe. Associated with deciduous sun-exposed oaks with hollows ( Fig. 3A ) ( Sama et al. 2011).

Figures

Fig. 7. A – Necydalis ulmi female on bough of beech, one its host plants; B – Stictoleptura rufa female feeding on Apiaceae; C – Trichoferus pallidus male on its host plant Quercus coccifera. Photos: AW; D – Rosalia alpina male resting on leaves of beech, its host plant. Photo: JTD.

Fig. 3. A – Age-old oak with hollow, Stictoleptura rufa biotope. Photo: AW; B – Omolio env., grove with Platanus orientalis, biotope of Aegosoma scabricorne, Prinobius myardi slamorum and Rhaesus serricollis. Photo: DS; C – Clearing in dense beech forest in Central Ossa, Dorcadion ossae biotope. Photo: JTD; D – Deciduous tree stand with oaks, biotope of Aegomorphus krueperi, Akimerus berchmansi ariannae, Cerambyx welensii, Leptura aurulenta, Stenocorus meridianus. Photo: AM.