Pilemia arida

Pilemia arida (Holotype, ♂)

Pilemia arida (Paratype, ♀)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Lamiinae
Tribus: Phytoeciini
Genus: Pilemia
Subgenus: Pilemia (Pseudopilemia)
Species: Pilemia arida

Name

Pilemia (Pseudopilemia) arida Lazarev, 2023.

Type locality: Jordan, 14 kilometers West-South-West of Mādabā, Qullat Umm Rusūm Mountains (31°39′47″N 35°39′34″E, 660 meters elevation).

Typus: Holotype: Male ♂, Coll. Lazarev, legit Oleg Pak, 29.3.2021. (Imagoes observed on Phlomoides laciniata at end of March and early April). Paratypes: Males ♂, Females ♀

Etymology: Noun in apposition. From latin “arida” - 'dry' from the "native landscape".

Synonymy

• Pilemia (Pseudopilemia) arida Lazarev, 2023: 67, Figs. 3-13, map. 1. (Original combination)

Distribution

Jordan, Syria (Slinfah).
Note: Per Lazarev, 2023: 70, "most probably all records of P. hirsutula for Lebanon and Israel are connected with P. arida as well as the record of P.(P.) h. hirsutula by Özdikmen & Tezcan (2020) for Turkish (Hatay province)".

References

Primary references

• Lazarev, M.A. 2023. Taxonomy notes on Pilemia (Pseudopilemia Kasatkin, 2018) with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Studies and Reports. Taxonomical Series 19(1): 63–86. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7811946 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Danilevsky, M.L. 2025. Catalogue of Palaearctic Cerambycoidea (update of his published CPC, http://www.cerambycidae.net/catalog.pdf)

Links

• Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H. 2025. TiTAN database about Longhorns or Timber-Beetles (Cerambycidae). Online.
• Roguet, J.-P. 2025. Lamiaires du Monde. Lamiines of the World. Available from: https://lamiinae.org (accessed 12 December 2025). Online
• Danilevsky, M.L. & Lazarev, M. 2023. Cerambycidae.net. Online

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