Agapanthia daurica, a species occuring in Russia, China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia, has been described from Transbaikal/Dauria (Russia) by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1884 [❖].

Body length:	11 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - August
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants (Apiaceae, Lobelia etc.)
Distribution:	Russia (East Siberia and Far East), China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia

The depicted mounted male beetle was collected at the mouth of the Krivonozhka (Кривоножка) river (N43°50′40″ E145°25′19″; Kunashir Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky district, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia) on June 20-22, 2013. The living specimen was photographed in Vitjaz (Витязь ) village environs (Gamov peninsula/Полуостров Гамова, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia) on July 1, 2016.

Collected by Yu.Sudnikov, L.Sudnikova, and E.V.Komarov

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Ganglbauer L.:
Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. VIII. Cerambycidae. (Schluss.) Mit Berücksichtigung der Formen Algiers und des paläarktischen Asiens, exclusive jener von Japan.
Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 33 (2): 437-586 [pages 544-545], [1883] 1884. [download ]