Cyrtonus majoricensis Breit

MALLORCA—Escorca: Coll de Bini 21.03.1990, 1 death ex.; Es Teix 950m. alt. 20.06.1983, 4 exx.; ibid 0 3.10.1983, 9 exx.; ibid 10.10.1983, 4 exx.; ibid 0 3.10.1984, 6 exx.; ibid 0 2.10.1986, 7 exx.; ibid 0 6.10.1989, 14 exx.; ibid 26.05.2001, 1 ex.; ibid 26.04.2006, elytra of 1 ex. Likewise feeding on plants of the Leodontodon tuberosus L. ( Asteraceae) growing at the collecting site in Es Teix (Petitpierre 1984). As well as all the other species of Cyrtonus, it is a rare nocturnal insect which remains hidden under stones during the day.