Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855)

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 : 174

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(2).005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB8794-FFF4-1B53-F748-FAA9FCEE280F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855)
status

Treatment

Mesoprionus besikanus (Fairmaire, 1855) View in CoL

Localities:

- E Ossa Mt. , Agiokampos, sea level, 20.07- 1.08.2000, 4 exx., attracted to light, leg. AM; Arioprino, 10.07.2016, 2 exx., leg. AW; Kokkino Nero env., 29.06.2000, 2 exx., leg. LK; 5.06.2012, 1 ex., attracted to light, leg. LK; 7.06.2012, 2 exx., attracted to light, leg .

174 LK; 6- 16.07.2012, 4 exx., attracted to light, leg. LK; 15.07.2012, 2 exx., attracted to light, leg. LK; 08.07.2013, 2 exx., on the road at night, leg. JTD; 10.07.2013, 1 ex.

( Fig. 4C View Fig ), on the trunk at night, leg. JTD; 13.07.2013, 1 ex., on the road at night, leg. JTD ; 8- 17.07.2013, numerous exx., 21- 30.06.2014, numerous exx.; 22.06- 6.07.2015, numerous exx.; 19.06- 16.07.2016, numerous exx.; 20.06- 19.07.2017, numerous exx.; 4- 13.07.2018, numerous exx.; 7- 15.07.2019, numerous exx., leg. AW; Kalybi env., 23.06- 12.07.2016, numerous exx.; 17- 19.07.2017, numerous exx.; 10.07.2020; 9.07.2021, 2 exx., leg. AW; Karitsa, 6.07.2015, 1 ex., leg. AW; 11.07.2020, at light, 1ex., leg. AW; Kutsupia, 22.06.2015, leg. AW; Stomio, 20.06.2016, leg. AW;

- SE Ossa Mt., Velika, 22.06.2017, leg. AW; 13.07.2018, leg. AW; 16- 22.07.2020, at light, numerous exx., leg. AW; 16.07.2021, 3 exx., at light, leg. AW.

Crepuscular and nocturnal species attracted to artificial light sources, hence most often found on local roads. Larvae develop in roots of deciduous trees.