Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:	6 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Pistacia, Ceratonia, Ostrya, Carpinus, Ulmus, Prunus etc.
Distribution:	South Europe, North Africa, Crimea

The depicted mounted beetles were collected on flowers (Apiaceae) in Torre del Orso (Puglia prov., SE Italy). The living specimen was reared from a larva found in a dead Ficus carica collected in Az Zintan (Lybia, Jabal Nefusah).

Collected by M.Hoskovec and Jean-Claude Ringenbach.

Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach