Stenopterus creticus Sama, 1985

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: STENOPTERINI
Stenopterus creticus
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



Body length:8 - 12 mm
Life cycle:2 years
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:polyphagous in deciduous trees [?]
Distribution:an endemic species to Crete


The depicted beetle was collected on flowers in Mirtos (Crete).

Colledted by our friend Ivo Jeniš



Sama G.:
Studi sugli Stenopterini. Il genere Stenopterus Illiger, 1804 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris 100 (4): 385-410, 1995. [download pdf icon]

Subfamilia: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus: Stenopterini Fairmaire, 1868
Genus: Stenopterus Illiger, 1804
Species: Stenopterus creticus Sama, 1985