Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PARMENINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Parmena novaki, an endemic species to Greece, has been described from Corinth Canal environs by Gianfranco Sama in 1997 [✧]. Larvae of P. novaki develop in branches, stems and roots of Euphorbia species, especially in Euphorbia dendroides. Adults, crepuscular and nocturnal, can be found on the host plants after dusk.
Body length: 5 - 9 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: February - August Host plant: Euphorbia Distribution: an endemic species to Greece
The depicted beetles were reared from a larvae found in a dead tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides) twigs in Oitylo (Οίτυλο) village (Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 17-18, 2009.Collected by David Navrátil
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Sama G.:
Nouveaux longicornes de Grèce et du Proche Orient (Coleoptera - Cerambycidae), avec la description de trois espèces nouvelles.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 13 (4) : 97-105, [1996] 1997. [download]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Parmenini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Parmena Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Parmena novaki Sama, 1997 |