Agapanthia obydovi, species very close to Agapanthia detrita, was described by Mikhail L. Danilevsky from Taukum desert in Kazakhstan in 2000 [❖]. This interesting and little-known Agapanthia, developing in stalks of Eremurus, is so far known only from relatively small area in vicinity of Kolshengel village (412 m, N44° 20' E75° 33', Taukum desert, Kazakhstan).

Body length:	♂♂ 10.7 - 14.5 mm / ♀♀ 12.1 - 15.0 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May
Host plant:	Eremurus sp.
Distribution:	an endemic species to Kazakhstan

Mounted specimen, from the Mikhail L. Danilevsky type series, has been collected by Mikhail on the host plant in Kolshengel (Kazakhstan) in May 13, 1996. The living beetle has been reared from larva found in dead Eremurus stalk collected by our friend Karel Hodek in the same locality.

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Danilevsky M.L.:
New and little known Cerambycidae from Central Asia (Coleoptera).
Lambillionea 100 2 (2): 289-294, 2000. [download ]