Cerambycidae of Europe and Mediterranean area - G. Sama, 2002
Prinobius myardi Mulsant, 1842, Figs. 3-4
Prinobius Myardi Mulsant, 1842, Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Agr. Lyon, 5: 207.
Type l o c a l i t y : "Vallee d'Albatesco" (Corsica).
Type m a t e r i a l . Lectotype male (MNHNP), designated by Quentin & Villiers (1978).
= Prionus scutellaris Germar, 1817, Reise Dalm.: 219, Tab. 11, Fig. 1 (nee Olivier, 1795, now in Mallaspis Serville, 1832). Type
l o c a l i t y : "auf Arbe" (Arbe Island, Dalmatia).
Type m a t e r i a l . A lectotype ("Calaris, Sardin. Schiipp.", deposited in ZMUB) was designated by Quentin & Villiers (1978), but
the designation is invalid (Sama, 1994b: 323, see below).
Macrotoma germari Dejean, 1835, Cat. Col. Coll. Dejean, 2: 317 (nomen nudum, see below).
= Macrotoma germari Chevrolat, 1859, Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (3), 7, Bull.: CXXXV. Type 1 o c a 1 i t y: "Dalmatie".
Prinobius myardi: Sama, 1994b: 323. Prinobius germari (Dejean): Vives, 2000: 85.
Remarks. Germar described P. scutellaris on the basis of a single specimen collected in the isle of Arbe;
the specimen designated as the lectotype by Quentin & Villiers (a female labelled "Calaris [= Cagliari],
Sardin. Schiipp.", collected by Schiippel in Sardinia) cannot belong to the Germar's type material.
Vives (2000) regarded M. germari Dejean as a replacement name for P. scutellaris. There is no evidence
supporting this theory; in my opinion, M. germari Dejean is a nomen nudum (catalogus name).
There is considerable geographical variation in this species, mainly regarding body size and coloration, as
well as number of lateral spines of pronotum. Even if some geographical patterns are evident (for example
the eastern populations are darker), all the characters cited are subject to variation or intergradation. I think
that P. atropos Chevrolat, 1854 (type locality: "env.de Beyrouth"), M. germari Chevrolat, 1859 (type locality:
"Dalmatie"), P. cedri Marseul, 1856 (type locality: "Syrie"), P. gaubilii Chevrolat, 1859 (type locality:
"Algerie"), P. goudotii Chevrolat, 1859 (type locality: "Tanger"), P. lethifer Fairmaire, 1859 (type locality:
"Algerie") and P.proksi Slama, 1982 (type locality: "Omalos, Creta") fall within the variability of P. myardi.
Range. Whole Mediterranean region from Portugal and North Africa to Iran. In the area covered by this
volume only in southern France.
B i o l o g y , h o s t p l a n t s & f l i g h t period. Polyphagous on many deciduous trees, chiefly recorded
from Quercus, Fraxinus and fruit trees. Flight period from June to September; adults nocturnal, frequently
attracted to lights. Larval morphology in Svacha & Danilevsky (1987); for references on biology also see
Duffy (1957).
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), gli autori citano, per giustificare le varie ssp, un altro lavoro (Sláma & Slámová (1996)). In questo secondo è riportato che Prinobius myardi viene suddiviso in 5 gruppi in base alle significative differenze nella forma dei genitali. Ma a questa affermazione non sono riportate né foto né disegni a supporto (ma neppure viene detto quali siano le differenze). 
