Rosalia alpina alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 185

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(2).005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB8794-FFE1-1B46-F787-FBE7FB1E2EFE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rosalia alpina alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Rosalia alpina alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Localities:

- NE Ossa Mt. , road Spilia-Karitsa, 07.2003 - 07.2021, numerous exx. on dead beeches Fagus sp. and beech timber, leg. AM GoogleMaps ; 27- 28.06.2021, 5 exx., leg. PG & MJ ;

- E Ossa Mt., 1020 m a.s.l., 10.07.2019, 4 exx., on dead Fagus sp. , leg. MW; Ariopriono , 29.06.2016, leg. AW; Kalybi, 7.07.2015, leg. AW; Kokkino Nero env. 28.06.2000, numerous exx., several feeding on blossoming Chamaecytisus sp. , leg. LK; 12.07.2000, 1 ex., leg. LK; 2.07.2002, 1 ex., leg. LK; 25.06.2015; 26.06- 7.07.2017, numerous exx.; 7- 12.07.2019, numerous exx., leg. AW; road Kokkino Nero-Spilia, 25.06.2015, leg. AW; Stomio env., sea level, 6.07.2005, 1 ex., on P. orientalis leaf, leg. AM; 20.06 - 1.07.2014, numerous exx.; 23.06- 7.07.2015, numerous exx.; 21.07.2020, leg. AW;

- W Ossa Mt., Spilia, 23.07.2021, leg. AW.

Relatively rare species across Europe, locally encountered in numerous specimens in well preserved beech forests ( Fig. 7D View Fig ). Numerous specimens were observed on beech tinder of the massif and it is worthwhile mentioning that imagines were recorded while feeding on flowering Chamaecytisus which is the first such observation. Taxon is mentioned in European Union’s Habitat Directive (Annex II and IV) and regarded as priority species.