Mesosa Latreille, 1829

Ilić, Nastas & Ćurčić, Srećko, 2015, A checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Serbia, Zootaxa 4026 (1), pp. 1-97 : 64-65

Mesosa Latreille, 1829

170. Mesosa (Mesosa) curculionoides (Linnaeus, 1761)

Examined material. 15 S, City of Belgrade D, Mt. Avala, 11.VI.1989, NI; 12 S, South Banat D, Vršačko Brdo Hill, 23.VI.1989, NI; 31 S, idem, 28.V.2005, NI; 16 S, idem, 17.VI.2005, NI; 4 S, idem, 24.VI.2005, NI; 76 S, idem, 17.VI.2006, NI; 3 S, idem, 29.VI.2006, NI; 12 S, idem, 14.VII.2006, NI; 3 S, idem, 17.V.2011, NI; 3 F, Bor D, Tekija, 25.VI.1991, NI; 5 M, 2 F, idem, 13.VII.1991, NI; 2 M, 2 F, idem, 27.V.1994, NI; 2 F, idem, 19. VI.1995, NI; 2 S, idem, 05.VI–08.VII.2009, NI; 1 F, idem, 27.V.2010, NI; 2 S, Braničevo D, Homoljske Planine Mts., village of Ceremošnja, 13.V–16.VI.1998, NI; 4 S, Šumadija D, Mt. Rudnik, Ostrovica Peak, village of Varnice, 10– 28.VI.2000, NI; 4 S, Srem D, Mt. Fruška Gora, Stražilovo, 29. VI.2003, NI; 2 M, Zaječar D, Mt. Rtanj, village of Rtanj, 04.VII.2003, NI; 1 M, 1 F, idem, 26. VI.2010, NI; 1 S, Zlatibor D, Sjenica, 21–31.VII.2007, MČ; 2 S, City of Belgrade D, Belgrade, Vidikovac, 21.IV–18.V.2009, NI; 1 S, City of Belgrade D, Barajevo, Guberevac Forest, 20.V.2009, NI; 1 S, idem, 16.V.2013, NI; 2 S, South Banat D, Deliblato Sands, Šumarak, 23.V–20.VII.2009, NI; 2 S, Moravica D, Ovčar Banja, Preobraženje Monastery, 12–29.V.2012, NI ( Ilić 2005; Ilić & Ćurčić 2013; Ilić et al. 2013; this paper).

Distribution. Europe, Mt. Caucasus, Kazakhstan.

Distribution in Serbia. N (V), W, C, E, and S (2; 21–23; 43; 48; 53; 54; 60; 62; 78; 80; this paper).

Remarks. Sporadically found in Serbia. Collected on recently cut trunks of deciduous trees and in pitfall traps. Hard to be noticed when stays on the bark of trunks.

171. Mesosa (Aphelocnemia) nebulosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)

Examined material. 1 S, City of Belgrade D, Belgrade, Košutnjak Park, 10.V.1990, NI; 1 M, 1 F, Bor D, Tekija, 25.VI.1991, NI; 2 M, idem, 25.VI.1993, NI; 15 S, idem, 15.V–25.VI.1994, NI; 1 S, idem, 26.V–05.VI.2009, NI; 3 S, Mačva D, Koceljeva, 22.V.1994, NI; 2 M, 3 F, Zaječar D, Mt. Rtanj, village of Rtanj, 19.V.1996, NI; 1 M, idem, 24.V.2003, NI; 2 S, idem, 06.VI.2014, NI; 1 S, Prizren D, Mt. Šar Planina, Brezovica, 10.VI.1996, NI; 2 S, South Banat D, Vršačko Brdo Hill, 26.VI–10.VII.2001, NI; 1 S, idem, 28.V.2005, NI; 1 S, idem, 17.VI.2005, NI; 3 S, idem, 29.VI.2006, NI; 1 S, idem, 17.V.2011, NI; 2 S, Mačva D, Mt. Cer, 10. VI.2003, NI; 1 S, City of Belgrade D, Mt. Kosmaj, 18. VI.2003, NI; 16 S, City of Belgrade D, Belgrade, Vidikovac, 15–31.V.2004, NI; 45 S, idem, 02– 31.V.2005, NI; 152 S, idem, 19.IV–29.V.2006, NI; 1 S, idem, 12.V–05.VII.2006, NI; 12 S, idem, 07–29.IV.2007, NI; 43 S, idem, 01–31.V.2007, NI; 92 S, idem, 01–18.V.2008, NI; 134 S, idem, 21.IV–18.V.2009, NI; 11 S, idem, 15.IV–03.V.2010, NI; 53 S, idem, 17.IV–30.V.2011, NI; 24 S, idem, 23.IV–19.V.2012, NI; 75 S, idem, 28.IV– 19.V.2013, NI; 3 S, idem, 09–14. VI.2013, NI; 22 S, idem, 08.IV–07.V.2014, NI; 42 S, idem, 19.V–02.VI.2014, NI; 2 S, Srem D, Mt. Fruška Gora, village of Ledinci, 02.V.2010, NI ( Ilić 2005; Ilić & Ćurčić 2013; Ilić et al. 2013; this paper).

Distribution. Europe, Northern Africa.

Distribution in Serbia. N (V), W, C, E, and S (2; 9; 14; 17; 21–23; 27; 43; 48; 62; 75; 76; 80).

Remarks. Sporadically found in the country. Prefers shadowed places in forests, recently cut trunks and dry branches. Some specimens were collected in pitfall traps.