The depicted species differs from Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767) by distinctly attenuate (or even acuminate) elytra at apex, broadly clothed in yellowisch pubescence [❖]. The species occurs in Sicily, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Near East. According to Gianfranco Sama, for this species, the oldest available name seems to be Agapanthia suturalis (Fabricius, 1787).

Further clarification of nomenclatural status and distributional ranges of A. cardui complex is needed. The part of the Gianfarnco Sama' work about the taxonomy of this group very well explains the status of this species [❖].

Body length:	6 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	March - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in various herbaceous plants (Carduus, Cirsium, Knautia, Centranthus, Silybum)
Distribution:	Sicily, Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Near East

The depicted living beetles were collected: (MH) on Cirsium sp. in area of Akrotiri (Ακρωτήρι) village environs (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom, Cyprus Island) on April 5, 2008; (DR) in Argelès-sur-Mer environs (Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France) on June 22, 2019.

Mounted specimens were collected in Akrotiri (Ακρωτήρι) village environs (N34°35′51″ E32°57′37″; 13 m a.s.l., Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom, Cyprus Island) on April 11, 2022.

Collected by Michal Hoskovec, David Navrátil and Daniel Rydzi

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Sama G.:
Atlas of the Cerambycidae of Europe and the Mediterranean Area.
Volume 1: Northern, Western, Central and Eastern Europe. British Isles and Continental Europe from France) excl. Corsica to Scandinavia and Urals..
Nakladatelství Kabourek, Zlín (Czech Republic), 173 pp. [ISBN: 80-86447-04-3].

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Sama G.:
Notes on the genus Agapanthia Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Agapanthiini).
Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 42: 123-127, 2008. [download ]