Ptosima undecimmaculata, the splendour beetle, is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae.Encyclopedia of lifeBiolib
Subspecies and varietas Ptosima undecimmaculata undecimmaculata Herbst, 1784 Ptosima undecimmaculata metallescens Bílý, 1982 Ptosima undecimmaculata var. sexmaculata HerbstP. undecimmaculata var. sexmaculata on Biolib
Description Ptosima undecimmaculata can reach a length of about . Beetles and Coleopterologists The body is cylindrical and the head is much broader than long and narrower than the pronotum.
The Latin species name undecimmaculata indicates that the species should have eleven spots (lat. Undecimo = eleven, lat. Maculatus = stained). Normally the number of spots is different than eleven. This is due to the variety of spots in number, arrangement and form.
Pronotum is black, with longitudinal stripes of rugosity. Elytra are black with three pairs of lateral, yellowish-orange or reddish transverse markings, frequently with preapical maculae. Frons and pronotal disc occasionally may have maculae.Mark G. Volkovitsh, Vladimir Sakalian, Georgi Georgiev A Checklist and a Key to the Taxa of the Subfamily Polycestinae Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Bulgaria
Biology Larvae develop for 2–3 years in wood of dead trees and bushes and in living branches of Prunus. Adults emerge in May–June.Forest pest
Distribution This widespread species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa. Fauna europaea
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Bibliography Carl Gustav Calwer und Gustav Jäger (Herausgeber): C. G. Calwer's Käferbuch. K. Thienemanns, Stuttgart 1876, 3. Auflage H. Freude, K. W. Harde, G. A. Lohse: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Bd. 6. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag in Elsevier, München 1966, H.Mühle, P.Brandl, M. Niehuis: Catalogus Faunae Graeciae; Coleoptera:Buprestidae Printed in Germany by Georg Rößle Augsburg 2000 S. Bily, O.Brodsky "Taxonomical, biological and faunistical notes on Buprestidae and Cleridae from East Mediterranean" Türk.Bit.Kor.Derg (1982) 6: 185-194
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