Further contributions to the knowledge of the Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) of the Maltese islands

Abstract

Six species of cerambycid beetles are recorded for the first time from the Maltese Islands: Icosium tomentosum, Trichoferus griseus, Stenopterus rufus, Certallum ebulinum, Cerambyx carinatus and C. velutinus. For each species information is provided on global distribution and host plant data for larval development. Notes are given on three additional species which to date were only known from single records, and on two introduced species, one of which, Phoracantha semipunctata, is recorded for the first time. The latter is associated with eucalyptus trees and has become naturalised in the Maltese Islands.