Stenopterus similatus mehli Sama, 1995
habitat & biology
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © David Navrátil]
habitat & biology
![Stenopterus similatus mehli - habitat](assets/img/others/stenopterus_similatus_mehli_loc2.jpg)
![Stenopterus similatus mehli - habitat](assets/img/others/stenopterus_similatus_mehli_loc1.jpg)
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Abandoned orchards, forest steppes and maquis shrublands with Ceratonia siliqua situated 2 km North-East of Agios Georgios Pegeias (Άγιος Γεώργιος Πέγειας) village (39 m a.s.l., Paphos district, Cyprus) - a habitat of Stenopterus similatus mehli Sama, 1995.
![Stenopterus similatus mehli - host](assets/img/others/stenopterus_similatus_mehli_host.jpg)
[Photo © David Navrátil]
A wild carob (Ceratonia siliqua) served as a host of S. similatus mehli in which dead branches develop its larvae.
![Stenopterus similatus mehli - gallery](assets/img/others/stenopterus_similatus_mehli_gallery1.jpg)
![Stenopterus similatus mehli - gallery](assets/img/others/stenopterus_similatus_mehli_gallery2.jpg)
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Ceratonia siliqua branches infested by S. similatus mehli (larval gallery and exit holes).