Purpuricenus apiceniger, a not commmon species occuring in the eastern Adriatic, has been described from Lošinj island (Croatia) as Purpuricenus Kœhleri v. apiceniger by Maurice Pic in 1914 [❖]. Into valid species was elevated by Pierpaolo Rapuzzi and Gianfranco Sama in 2013 [✧].

Body length:	10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - July
Host plant:	Quercus spp.
Distribution:	Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Italy, Montenegro

The mounted female was collected in Petrovac na Moru (Петровац на Mору) environs (Budva municipality/opština, Montenegro) on July 10, 1969.

Collected by Dr. Havlas

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[❖]
Pic M.:
Notes diverses et diagnoses.
Matériaux pour servir à l'étude des Longicornes 9 (1): 3-11, 1914. [download ]

[✧]
Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download ]