A new locality of Saperda (Saperda) similis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Bulgaria

By

Georgiev, Georgi
Georgieva, Margarita
Georgiev, Borislav, 1928-
Dermendzhiev, Pencho
Dobreva, Maria
Zlatanov, Nikolay

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-6-11

Original Publication

Silva Balcanica

Volume

26

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

43--46

Subjects

longhorn beetle , new record , Salix caprea , Western Rhodopes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Forest Research Institute - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (FRI-BAS) [2001]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/silvabalcanica.26.e153836

 

Abstract

A new locality of the rare species Saperda (Saperda) similis Laicharting (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was reported in Bulgaria. The species was reared from stems and branches of goat willow (Salix caprea), collected on 23.10.2024 in the land of Kosovo village at 1468 m a.s.l., Western Rhodopes. In laboratory conditions, three specimens emerged during the period 20 February - 4 March 2025. An old published record of S. similis (syn. Saperda phoca Frölich) was identified as Phytoecia (Danilevskia) uncinata (Redtenbacher).