Pseudogaurotina excellens (Brancsik, 1874)
[= Gaurotes excellens (Brancsik, 1874)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE  /  Tribus: CARILIINI

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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The depicted mounted beetles were collected on leaves of their host plant (black honeysuckle, Lonicera nigra) in Podbánské (Vysoké Tatry Mts., North Slovakia). The species is under a strict protection at present and can not be collected without breaking of the law! The living beetles, freshly emerged from Lonicera trump, were photographed in the same locality in June 2017.

Body length:	9 - 16 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - July
Host plant:	honeysuckle (Lonicera nigra, Lonicera tatarica)
Distribution:	a very rare species endemic to the Carpathians (Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Rumania)

Re-mounted specimens (over 55 years old) collected by Jiří Lorenc, in Martin Švarc collection.

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[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

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Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Cariliini Zamoroka, 2022
Genus	Pseudogaurotina Plavilshtshikov, 1958
Species	Pseudogaurotina excellens (Brancsik, 1874)