Body length:	9 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	sages (Salvia spp.)
Distribution:	Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

The beetle in the picture was collected on Salvia sp. near Avgadi village (40 km N of Erdemli, SW Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Sama G.:
Note sulla nomenclatura dei Cerambycidae della Regione mediterranea (Coleoptera).
Bolletino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 123 (2): 121-128, 1991.

Sama G.:
Notes on Neomusaria PLAVILSTSHIKOV, 1928 with description of a new species from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 63: 293-297, 1993. [download ]

[ key of Neomusaria subgenus ]
Özdikmen H. & Özdikmen G.:
Updated world species list of the subgenus Phytoecia (Neomusaria) Plavilstshikov, 1928 with two new subspecies from Turkey (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 11 (2): 492-500, 2016. [download ]