Parmena mutilloides Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PARMENINI

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Body length:	4 - 7 mm
Life cycle:	unknown, but probably 1 - 2 years
Adults in:	adults hatch in June and as in other Parmena live for many months
Host plant:	probably Euphorbia spp. and Ficus carica
Distribution:	a species endemic to SW Turkey - Antalya and Konya provinces

The beetle in these pictures was reared from a larva collected in dead roots of a Euphorbia sp. collected in Akseki (SW Turkey).

Collected by our friend Petr Kabátek

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Sabbadini A. and Pesarini C.:
Due nuove specie dei generi Parmena Latr. e Dorcadion Dalm. appartenenti alla fauna Turca (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 124 (1): 27-32, 1992.

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[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Parmenini Mulsant, 1839
Genus: Parmena Dejean, 1821
Species: Parmena mutilloides Sabbadini et Pesarini, 1992