14.02. Phloeotribus rhododactylus (Marsham, 1802)
Presence
E: AU BE CR CZ DE FI FR GB GE GR HU IR IT LA MC NL NR PL PT RO SL* SK SP SV SZ
N: AG EG LB MO MR TU
A: TR
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Brancsik 1871: Phloeophthorus tarsalis Först.; Grüne 1979: Phloeophthorus rododactylus Marsham, 1802; Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Phloeophthorus rhododactylus Marsham; Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: Phloeophthorus rhododactylus (Marsham, 1802) a. rhododactylus s. str.; Pfeffer 1995: Phloeotribus rhododactylus rhododactylus (Marsham, 1802).
Figure 57: Phloeotribus rhododactylus, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in central and eastern Europe, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Crimea, North Africa and Turkey. Brancsik (1871) lists Lenart in Slovenske Gorice as a site, but without a date or host (Figure 57). The present status of the species in Slovenia is unknown. Hosts of P. rhododactylus are Spartium junceum, Cytisus spp., Adult length is 1.5-1.8 mm. The anterior margin of the elytra is granular, the neck shield is covered in long, light brown filiform setae and fine granules. The body is black, the length of the elytra is twice their width.