Agapanthia (Epoptes) renatae, a newly described species [❖] endemic to Peloponnese (Greece), was firstly collected in Karistena environs (N37°29′10″ E22°00′30″, 450-550 m a.s.l.; Arkadias Nomos, Peloponnese, Greece) by Siegfried Steiner on May 4, 1998. The species belongs to the Agapanthia (Epoptes) asphodeli (Latreille, 1804) species group [✧].

Body length:	♀♀ 12 - 20 mm / ♂♂ 12 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Ferula [?]
Distribution:	endemic to Peloponnese (Greece)

The depicted beetles were collected by our friend Jean-Claude Ringenbach in Kalivia Skotanis / Καλύβια Σκοτανης environs (N37°49′52″ E22°04′05″, 460 m a.s.l.; Nomos Achaias, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 12, 2017.

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[❖]
Steiner S. & Schmid H.:
Eine neue Agapanthia-Art (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Agapanthiini) aus Griechenland.
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 65: 1-4, 2013. [download ]

[✧]
Rapuzzi P. & Sparacio I.:
A new species of genus Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) from Lampedusa Island (Sicily Channel, Italy).
Biodiversity Journal 8 (4): 957–961, 2017. [download ]