Females of this species were observed (Hoskovec, in litt.) ovipositing in a dead branch of a living Quercus ilex. This branch showed a typical pattern of a fungal attack similar to fungi other Grammoptera species (G. abdominalis, G. ustulata) are associated with.
The depicted beetles were beaten from a blossoming hawthorn (Crataegus) in locality situated along the main road from Sparta to Tripoli on a mountain plateau (20 km S Tripoli, 900 m, Peloponnese peninsula, South Greece). Collected by M.Hoskovec.
MH & MR © August 24, 2007
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