Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: PARMENINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Parmena novaki, an endemic species to Greece, has been described from Corinth Canal environs by Gianfranco Sama in 1997 [✧]. Larvae of P. novaki develop in branches, stems and roots of Euphorbia species, especially in Euphorbia dendroides [❖]. Adults, crepuscular and nocturnal, can be found on the host plants after dusk.
Body length: 5 - 9 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: February - August Host plant: Euphorbia spp. Distribution: an endemic species to Greece
The depicted beetles were reared from a larvae found in a dead tree spurge (Euphorbia dendroides) twigs in Oitylo (Οίτυλο) village (Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 17-18, 2009.Collected by David Navrátil
[✧]
Sama G.:
Nouveaux longicornes de Grèce et du Proche Orient (Coleoptera - Cerambycidae), avec la description de trois espèces nouvelles.
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 13 (4) : 97-105, [1996] 1997. [download]
[❖]
Plewa R., Łoś K., Górski P.:
Nowe dane o rozmieszeniu, biologii i behawiorze gatunków z rodziny kózkowatych (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) z Grecji.
[New data on the distribution, biology and behavior of some longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Greece.]
Elateridarium 5: 232-247, 2011. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Parmenini Mulsant, 1839 |
| Genus | Parmena Dejean, 1821 |
| Species | Parmena novaki Sama, 1997 |