Body length:	7 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	polyphagous in herbaceous plants
Distribution:	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia

The mounted beetle was collected on thistle (Asteraceae) near San Pedro (Spain). The living beetle was collected whilst sitting on thistle (Asteraceae) in Janzur (Tripoli suburban area, Lybia).

Collected by our friends Richard Škoda and Jean-Claude Ringenbach