Prinobius myardi

Size: 30-50 mm.
Host plant: Polyphagous on broadleaf trees: in North Africa chiefly recorded on Quercus ilex, Q. suber, Fraxinus, Eucalyptus.
Life cycle: Several years, adults in June-September, July-August in Cyrenaica.
Distribution: Whole Mediterranean area from Portugal and North Africa to Iran, mostly along the coastal plains.
New record for Libya, Cyrenaica.

Collected 20/08/2003 in Wadi Cuf. Not found end-June. Damages in live Ceratonia siliqua, Olea europaea, Quercus coccidera, Acacia cyanophylla, Ficus carica, Ficus sp. (exotic) and Magnolia sp. (most broadleaf trees in Cyrenaica) have been observed all over Jabal Akhdar (Ad Darsia, Ras el Hilal, Sousa, Dernah...).
Larvae and pupae observed end June.