Information: Meloe cicatricosus was described by Leach in 1811.
Body length: 16 - 45 mm
Peak activity: February - May
Remarks: Meloe cicatricosus occurs on xerothermic slopes and in dry environments such as roadsides, embankments, railway embankments. It lives in lowlands and foothills. Adults appear in spring. Larval development takes place in the nests of bees of the genus Anthophora.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Italy 
Sicily
Caltanissetta Province
Riserva Naturale Orientata Sughereta di Niscemi
7km SE of Niscemi
(GPS) 
Altitude 300 m a.s.l. | 14.11.-5.12.2020
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: field edges in grass 
Hungary
