Body length: 5 - 8 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: whole year (overwintering as an adult) Host plant: preferring conifers (Picea, Pinus, Abies), but also in deciduous trees (Castanea, Ficus) Distribution: Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Near East, Kazakhstan The depicted beetle was beaten from a dead pine (Pinus sylvestris) branch near Malacky (SW Slovakia). Collected by M.Hoskovec.