A nocturnal southern species with a stealthy lifestyle, sometimes attracted to the light. Ecologically related to dead, decayed wood, development takes place below the soil surface.

Body length:	25 – 50 mm
Life cycle:	several years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous, larvae in rotten trunks and roots, mainly deciduous trees
Distribution:	Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Cyprus

The depicted beetles were collected on eastern slopes of Ossa Mt. (Thessaly, Greece) in June-July 2015-2019.

Collected by Adam Woźniak