Pogonocherus caroli, a rare species developing in dying/freshly dead pine (Pinus spp.) twigs, has been described from Pessac environs (Gironde, SW France) by Étienne Mulsant in 1862. This interesting taxon, originally known only from South-West Europe (France, Spain), was discovered recently in South Sweden and also in Scotland [✧].

Body length:	5 - 8 mm
Life cycle:	1-2 years
Adults in:	March - July
Host plant:	various pine (Pinus spp.) species
Distribution:	France, Spain, Scotland, Switzerland (?)

The depicted beetle was reared from a dead Pinus twigs collected in Grand canyon du Verdon (Aiguines env., Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France).

Collected by David Navrátil

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Mulsant É.:
Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Longicornes.
Annales de la Société Impériale d'Agriculture, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts Utiles de Lyon 1862-1863: 1-480.
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Rejzek M. and Barclay M.V.L.:
Pogonocherus caroli Mulsant, 1863 (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) new to Britain, from two localities in Scotland.
Coleopterist 26 (2): 123-127, 2017.
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