26.03. Taphrorychus villifrons (Dufour, 1843)
Presence
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Figure 108: Taphrorychus villifrons, lateral, dorsal (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Taphrorychus villifrons (Dufour, 1843); Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Taphrorychus villifrons Dufour; Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: T. villifrons (Dufour, 1843); Pfeffer 1995: T. villifrons (Dufour, 1843).
Figure 109: Taphrorychus villifrons, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in southern Europe, the Crimea, the Caucasus, North Africa and Asia (Turkey, Iran). The species is rare in Slovenia, with only a few known sites in Primorska, Gorenjska, Dolenjska and Štajerska (Figure 109). Hosts include Fagus silvatica, Carpinus betulus, Quercus robur, Q. cerris, Acer campestre, Castanea sativa, less frequently Fagus spp., Carpinus spp., Ulmus spp., Aesculus hippocastanum, Padus spp. and Prunus avium. In Gorenjska, specimens of T. villifrons have been caught in traps, but data on host species from other regions are lacking. In Slovenia, it develops two generations per year, swarming in March and July. Maternal galleries are branched, longitudinal. Adult length is 1.8-2.4 mm (Figure 108).