Purpuricenus renyvonae, a rare species known from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Crimea and Turkey, has been described from South East Bulgaria (Black Sea coast) by Milan E.F. Sláma in 2001 [✧].

Body length:	14 - 21 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	probably polyphagous in deciduous trees and shrubs (found in Paliurus spina-christi)
Distribution:	Bulgaria, Macedonia, Crimea and Turkey

The depicted male beetle was reared from larva found in Paliurus spina-christi stem in Primorsko (Приморско) environs (Burgas province, Bulgaria) on June 19, 2021.

Collected by Lukáš Skořepa

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[✧]
Sláma M.E.F.:
Purpuricenus renyvonae sp. n. vom Balkan (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 17 (3): 225-238, 2001. [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 ]