Xylotrechus raghidae, described from Lebanon by Gianfranco Sama and Pierpaolo Rapuzzi in 2000 [✧], is rare species still known only from mountains of Lebanon and North Israel. Its biology is similar to the nearest taxon - Xylotrechus sieversi Ganglbauer, 1890.

Body length:	11 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	June - July
Host plant:	milk vetch (Astragalus spp., Fabaceae)
Distribution:	Israel, Lebanon [❖]

The depicted beetle was collected in Bsharri (بْشَرِّيْ‎) environs (1500 m a.s.l., Bsharri District, North Governorate, Lebanon).

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[✧]

Sama G. & Rapuzzi P.:
Note préliminaire pour une faune des Cerambycidae du Liban (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Lambillionea 100 (1): 7-23, 2000 [download ]

[❖]
Sama G., Rapuzzi P. and Kairouz A.:
Catalogue commenté des Cerambycidae du Liban. An annotated catalogue of the Cerambycidae of Lebanon (Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Quaderni di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 30: 131-201, 2010 [download ]