Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: PRIONINI
[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
As Jean-Claude Ringenbach reports numerous males of Polyarthron pectinicorne were attracted to light traps in Ghat (Libya) in the last days of August following a substantial rainfall earlier in the month. Females did not come to light and consequently were difficult to find. Two females were found drowned in a swimming pool. Larvae of Polyarthron pectinicorne feed on roots of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera).
Body length: ♂ 20–36 mm / ♀ 25–44 mm Life cycle: several years Adults in: July - September Host plant: Phoenix dactylifera Distribution: North Africa
Collected by Jean-Claude Ringenbach
[Photo © Jean-Claude Ringenbach]
Subfamilia: Prioninae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Prionini Latreille, 1802
Genus: Polyarthron Audinet-Serville, 1832
Species: Polyarthron pectinicorne (Fabricius, 1792)