Body length:	7 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	thistles (Asteraceae)
Distribution:	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Turkey [✧]

The depicted living beetles were collected on undetermined thistle in alpine meadows near village Semyonovka (Սեմյոնովկա) in altitude 2200-2400 m (6 km SE of Dilijan; borders between Gegharkunik and Tavush provinces, Armenia) on June 3, 2012. The mounted beetle was collected near Minudast (Khorasan province, NE Iran).

Collected by M.Hoskovec, P.Jelínek and M.Rejzek

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Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40, 2013. [download ]