Photo © M.Hoskovec

Photo © M.Hoskovec

Body length:	6 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years [?]
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Acer etc.)
Distribution:	SE Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, North Iran, Near East

The depicted mounted beetles were beaten from a blossoming Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi) near Güzelolük village (40 km N of Erdemli, SW Turkey). The living one was photographed on flowers near Jermuk (Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec.

Photo © M.Hoskovec