Agapanthia (Epoptes) renatae, a newly described species [❖] endemic to Peloponnese (Greece), was firstly collected in Karistena environs
(N37°29′10″ E22°00′30″, 450-550 m a.s.l.; Arkadias Nomos, Peloponnese, Greece) by Siegfried Steiner on May 4, 1998. The species belongs to
the Agapanthia (Epoptes) asphodeli (Latreille, 1804) species group [✮].
| Body length: | ♀♀ 12 - 20 mm / ♂♂ 12 - 18 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | May - June |
| Host plant: | Asphodelus / Asphodeline [?] |
| Distribution: | endemic to Peloponnese (Greece) |
The depicted mounted beetle was collected in Kalyvia Skotanis (Καλύβια Σκοτανη) village environs (N37°49′52″ E22°04′05″;
460 m a.s.l.; Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 12, 2017. The living beetle was collected in Germa (Γέρμα) village near Neo Itylo (Mani municipality, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 22, 2022.
Collected by our friends Jean-Claude Ringenbach and Daniel Rydzi
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Steiner S. and Schmid H.:
Eine neue Agapanthia-Art (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Agapanthiini) aus Griechenland.
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 65: 1-4, 2013.
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[✮]
Rapuzzi P. and Sparacio I.:
A new species of genus Agapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) from Lampedusa Island (Sicily Channel, Italy).
Biodiversity Journal 8 (4): 957–961, 2017.
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