Trichoferus antonioui, a rare nocturnal species endemic to Cyprus, has been described from Stavrovouni environs by Gianfranco Sama in 1994 [❖]. Larvae of this beetle develop in living shrubs of Cistus creticus. Adults hatch very late in summer.

Body length:	10 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	August - September
Host plant:	Cistus creticus
Distribution:	an endemic species to Cyprus

The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in living branches of Cistus creticus collected 2 km S of Eptagoneia (Επταγώνεια) village (517 m a.s.l., Limassol district, Cyprus) in April 2022.

Collected by David Navrátil

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Sama G.:
Deuxième note sur les Cerambycidae de Chypre. Révision de la collection du Department of Agriculture de Chypre avec description d'un nouveau Leiopus Serville et de deux Trichoferus Wollaston du ciste (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 11 (2): 37-47, 1994. [download ]

Ambrus R., Grosser W. and Hrbek J.:
Contribution to the knowledge of longhorn beetles from Cyprus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space International Almanac 3 (2): 173-190, 2014. [download ]