Parmena slamai Sama, 1986

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: PARMENINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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This endemic Cretan Parmena species, belonging to Parmena pubescens group, was described by Gianfranco Sama in 1986 [❖].

Body length:	6 - 9 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - August
Host plant:	Euphorbia, Astragalus, Nerium oleander
Distribution:	endemic species to Crete

The depicted beetles were collected at night on Euphorbia wulfenii in Theriso gorge (322 m a.s.l., Chania region, Crete, Greece) on June 25, 2018.

Collected by David Navrátil

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[❖]
Sama G.:
Studi sul genere Parmena Latreille, 1829. III - P. slamai n. sp. di Creta (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Acta Coleopterologica 1: 23-24, 1986. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Parmenini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Parmena Dejean, 1821
Species	Parmena slamai Sama, 1986