Pogonocherus creticus (original) (raw)

Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) creticus (Kratochvíl, 1985)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: POGONOCHERINI

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Pogonocherus (Pogonocherus) creticus, a rare species endemic to Crete, has been described from Myrtos environs (Crete) by Jan Kratochvíl in 1985 [❖]. **Body length:**6 - 8 mm **Life cycle:**1 year **Adults in:**March - September **Host plant:**pines (Pinus spp.) **Distribution:**an species endemic to Crete The depicted beetle was reared (hatched in October 2023) from larva found in a dead pine branch in Chrysoskalitissa (Χρυσοσκαλιτίσσης) village environs (N35°18′56″ E23°32′46″, 50 m a.s.l., Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece) in June 2023.Collected by Petr Papoušek [❖] Kratochvíl J.:Two new European species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera).Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae 167: 1-7, 1985.