This rare Pogonocherus species, recently discovered also in Czechia, has so far only been known from Austria and South-East Europe. It develops in dead fir (Abies sp.) branches. P. eugeniae was described from Austria by Ludwig Ganglbauer in 1891 [▽].

Body length:	7 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1-2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	conifers: prefers Abies, rare records in Pinus.
Distribution:	Albania, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Romania

The depicted mounted beetle was reared from larva developing in Abies cephalonica twig found in Arachova environs (1660 m a.s.l., Parnass Mts., Biotia, Greece) on May 24.-25, 2018. The living specimen was reared from larva feeding in the fir (Abies alba) branch found in Adamov environs (South Moravia, Czechia).

Collected by David Navrátil and Petr Jelínek

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Ganglbauer L.:
Zwei neue Pogonochaerus-Arten.
Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 10 (4): 131-132, 1891. [download ]