Oberea taygetana, the most robust species of Amaurostoma subgenus endemic to Peloponnese (Greece), has been described from Taygetos Mts. by Maurice Pic in 1901 [▽]. Like other species of the subgenus Amaurostoma, O. taygetana is ecologically attached to the spurges (Euphorbia spp.) in which stalks its larvae develop.

Body length:	12 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Euphorbia spp.
Distribution:	an endemic species to South Greece

The depicted beetle was photographed in Acrocorinth (Ακροκόρινθος) castle environs (Corinth, Corinthia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 25, 2021.

Collected by Daniel Rydzi

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Pic M.:
Notes diverses et diagnoses [4e article].
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 17 (196): 25-27, 1901. [download ]