Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) laticeps laticeps Abeille de Perrin, 1900?
BUPRESTINAE
Anthaxia laticeps
Size: xx mm.
Host plant: Pinus sp..
Life cycle: adults emerging in May-June.
Distribution: Greece, Cyprus, Crete,
Turkey, Syria.
New record for North Africa and Libya: Cyrenaica.

Taknis, 05-06/2004, ex larva Pinus sp. (plantation). Surprisingly it is A. l. laticeps and not A. l. navratili which is the sub-species found in the nearby Agean islands (D. Baiocchi comm.).

JCR 20/06/2004

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