Stenopterus atricornis Pic, 1891

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: STENOPTERINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Stenopterus atricornis, regarded as a very rare species, is in reality locally abundant flower visitor with unusually scattered areas of occurrence reported from Southern Greece, Turkey and Lebanon.

Body length:	9 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees
Distribution:	Greece, Turkey, Lebanon

The depicted beetles were collected on flowers (Apiaceae) in Sidirokastro (Taygetos Mts., Lakoonia nomos, SW of Peloponnese peninsula, Greece).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Sama G.:
Studi sugli Stenopterini. Il genere Stenopterus Illiger, 1804 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 100 (4): 385-410, 1995. [download ]

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Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Stenopterini Fairmaire, 1868
Genus: Stenopterus Illiger, 1804
Species: Stenopterus atricornis Pic, 1891