Paracorymbia maculicornis, an European boreal species related to the postglacial Scots pine-birch forests, is occuring in almost whole Europe but southwards is its sitribution limited by the Pyrenees and the Alps. P. maculicornis is in the main area of its occurence a relatively common flower visitor in submontane and montane mixed and coniferous forest landscapes. Its larvae develop in decaying wood of both coniferous and deciduous trees, pupation in wood, life-cycle 2 years. Adults, active from late May to August, are diurnal and anthophilous (on Asteracee, Rosaceae, Apiaceae) [✧][❖].

P. maculicornis has been described from Sweden as Leptura (maculicornis) by Swedish entomologist Charles De Geer in 1775 [▽].

Body length:	7 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	May - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in coniferous and deciduous trees (Sorbus, Pinus, Abies, Picea, Betula, Quercus, Fagus etc.)
Distribution:	Europe except some southern regions, Caucasus

The depicted mounted female beetle (9.5 mm) was collected in Pavlovskaya Sloboda (Павловская Слобода) village environs (Istrinsky district, Moscow oblast, Central Federal District, Russia) on June 16, 2009.

The living beetles were collected on flowers in: (DR) - Podbanské environs (Pribylina, Vysoké Tatry Mts., Liptovský Mikuláš district, Žilina region, Slovakia) on July 30, 2016 and in Prášily environs (Šumava Mts., Klatovy district, Pilsen region, West Bohemia, Czechia) on July 7, 2013; (MH)- Spišská Nová Ves-Novoveská Huta environs (Spišská Nová Ves district, Košice region, Slovakia) on June 24, 2017.

Collected by Kirill V. Makarov, Daniel Rydzi and Michal Hoskovec