Acanthocinus xanthoneurus, described by Étienne Mulsant and Claudius Rey in 1852 from Sicily [❖], is a species of enormous ecological and biogeographical interest known only from Italian Apennines (from the Tuscany-Emilia Romagna Apennines to Sicily). The beetles are nocturnal and can be found on dead beeches, where are developing their larvae.

Body length:	9 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	monophagous on European beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Distribution:	an endemic species to the Italian Apennines (from the Tuscany-Emilia Romagna Apennines to Sicily).

The depicted beetles were observed and photographed by P.Jelínek in Passo della Calla (Italian northern Apennines).

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Mulsant E. et Rey C.:
Description de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus.
Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 1: 2-9, 1852. [download ]