23 Kas 2024 Cumartesi
Distribution of Calchaenesthes species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in the South-Western Asia
Abstract :Two of five species of Calchaenesthes Kraatz
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae:
Cerambycinae) are distributed in the South-Western Asia. Calchaenesthes
pistacivora Holzschuh, an endangered species, is
reported only from Iran in the South-Western Asia. Known host plants include
the species of pistachio (Anacardiaceae:
Pistacia), e.g. Pistacia
vera, Pistacia
atlantica mutica and Pistacia khinjuk.Calchaenesthes diversicollis Holzschuh, an endangered species, is
reported from Iran, ?Iraq and ?Turkey in the South-Western Asia. In Turkey, if
present, it probably occurs only in South-Eastern Anatolia. Known host plants
include Brant’s oak or Persian oak (Quercus
brantii), and probably
also other Quercus species (Fagaceae)
Calchaenesthes, longhorned beetles,
distribution, host plants