I doubt that this is Chlorophorus elaeagni Plavilstshikov, 1956, which is a species without elytral macules (the subgenera Pseudoimmaculatus and Immaculatus having even been proposed for this species); but I’m not familiar with the species in this region.
I have seen a large series in Plavilstschukov`s collection. Maculose forms present there (not en mass, usually faintly visible but some of them are clearly patterned like herbsti or varius). Ch. elaeagni caucasian areal requires clarification. This species found in Dagestan but from Georgia unknown as far as I know. Rather, Ch. faldermanni (very variable too) should be expected in this case. If the beetle shown above is a male so elaeagni have a rough (rasper-like) pronotal sculpture under chetae tegument.. I have too few of these beetles to clearly articulate the differences. :(
Georgien: Chlorophorus
Posted - 18/08/2026 : 10:53:24
