The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the city of Kragujevac: Central Serbia

Filip Vukajlovic,Nenad Zivanovic

doi:10.5937/kgjsci1537149v

Abstract

This paper represents the contribution to the knowledge of the longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) fauna of the City of Kragujevac (Central Serbia). Based on the material collected from 2010 to 2014 by authors, as well as on available literature data, 66 species and 13 subspecies from five subfamilies were recorded, while the highest number of species is registered within the subfamilies Cerambycinae (26) and Lamiinae (19). Four species are rarely found in Serbia: Vadonia moesiaca (Daniel & Daniel, 1891), Stictoleptura cordigera (Füsslins, 1775), S. erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822), and Isotomus speciosus (Schneider, 1787). Subspecies Saphanus piceus ganglbaueri Brancsik, 1886 is Balkan endemic. Six of recorded taxa [Cerambyx (Cerambyx) cerdo cerdo Linnaeus, 1758, Morimus asper funereus (Mulsant, 1863), Agapanthia kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817), Cortodera flavimana flavimana (Waltl, 1838), Vadonia moesiaca and Saphanus piceus ganglbaueri] are protected both nationally and internationally. The largest number of recorded taxa belong to Euro-Mediterranean (26) and Euro-Siberian (21) chorotypes. This suggests that both the habitats and climate in the City of Kragujevac and Central Serbia are increasingly assuming more sub-Mediterranean and subtropical features, primarily due to the negative human impact.

Highlights

The City of Kragujevac is located in the Kragujevac Valley, the central part of the Republic of Serbia (Fig. 1), and it is the fourth largest city in the country
This number represents 25.57% of the species of longhorn beetles registered to date in Serbia (262) (ILIĆ and ĆURČIĆ, 2013; ILIĆ et al, 2013; STANČIĆ, 2013; VUKAJLOVIĆ and ŽIVANOVIĆ, 2014), which makes it around one quarter of all registered species in the country
In this particular research, which lasted from June 2010 to August 2014, a total of 199 adult longhorn beetle specimens were collected in the City of Kragujevac

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Introduction

The City of Kragujevac is located in the Kragujevac Valley, the central part of the Republic of Serbia (Fig. 1), and it is the fourth largest city in the country. It is determined by the coordinates N 44° 22’ and E 20° 56’ and covers the area of 835 km, with the altitude of 180 m a.s.l. The highest peak is Dulenski Crni Vrh (895 m a.s.l.), belonging to the Gledić Mts. The relief of the city is represented by meadows along the city’s rivers and streams, hills and mountains (Mt. Rudnik, Gledić Mts. and Mt. Crni Vrh) (STEPANOVIĆ, 1974)

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