Morimus funereus (longhorn beetle) Description
Morimus asper funereus, from Calwer's Käferbuch, Table 39, Picture 4. Taxonomy was updated to 2008, using mostly the sites Fauna Europaea and BioLib. Please contact Sarefo if the determination is wrong!
Date 1876
Source Carl Gustav Calwer; Gustav Jäger (1876) Käferbuch. Naturgeschichte der Käfer Europas., Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/calwer/ http://www.biolib.de
Author Lithograph by Emil Hochdanz (1816–1885)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morimus.asper.funereus.-.calwer.39.04.jpg
Morimus funereus is a species of beetle in family Cerambycidae. It is found in Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is somewhat similar to another cerambycid, Rosalia alpina, which however is narrower and has three pairs of black spots. Also Herophila tristis has a similar body shape and markings, but the antennal segments 2 and beyond are much shorter. Some suggest this taxon should be treated as a subspecies of Morimus asper, giving it the scientific name Morimus asper funereus. Order: Coleoptera, Family: Cerambycidae, Subfamily: Lamiinae, Genus: Morimus, Species: Morimus funereus Mulsant, 1863.
Synonyms:
Morimus asper funereus
(Mulsant) Müller, 1949-1953
Morinus asper funereus (Mulsant) Sama, 1991
Morinus funereus (Mulsant) Tozlu, Rejzek & Özbek, 2003