Saperda similis Laicharting, 1784

Karpinski, Lech, Szczepanski, Wojciech T., Boldgiv, Bazartseren & Walczak, Marcin, 2018, New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), ZooKeys 739, pp. 107-150 : 118

Saperda similis Laicharting, 1784

Material examined.

Selenge Aimag : 50 km NE of Zuunkharaa (49°05'N, 107°17'E), 930 m a.s.l., 03 VIII 2015, 1 larva, Salix sp., leg. LK .

Remarks.

Saperda similis is a rather rare but widespread species that is distributed from Europe to the Far East ( Danilevsky 2017a). Although this species is ecologically associated with willows ( Cherepanov 1991b), according to Sama (2002), it is probably monophagous on Salix caprea . The larvae develop in thin stems and branches of willows that are still growing ( Cherepanov 1991b). The adults are active at dusk and during the night in June and July and can be found on their host plants ( Sama 2002).

A single larva in a pupal cell (Fig. 9E ) was found in the trunk of a recently dead willow Salix sp. in the light taiga next to a river (Fig. 9F ).

Figures

Figure 9. Field photos of immature stages and habitats of typical Mongolian cerambycid species: A shrub of Caragana bungei, the host plant of Anoplistes and Chlorophorus species B Caragana leucophloea shrubs in semi-desert, the habitat of Anoplistes halodendri minutus C cross-section of larval feeding grounds of Anoplistes halodendri in Caragana stem D adults emergence holes of Anoplistes halodendri E larva of Saperda similis in its pupal cell F riverbank in light taiga, the habitat of S. similis G larva of Saperda scalaris H thick layer of cambium under the bark of broken birch trunk, the microhabitat of S. scalaris and Mesosa myops.