Body length:	11 - 24 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	larvae feed in roots of marshmallows (Alcea, Althaea; Malvaceae)
Distribution:	Balcan peninsula, Turkey, Near East

The depicted mounted beetle was collected on hollyhock (Alcea sp.) in Avgadi near Erdemli (SW Turkey). The living specimen was captured on the host plant, Russian hollyhock (Alcea rugosa), near Vayk (Southern Armenia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec