New data and records of some Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Turkey

Abstract :

Interesting material of Dorcadionini tribe housed in the collection of Lodos Entomological Museum (LEMT) İzmir, Turkey are evaluated. A total of 26 species group taxa (12 species and 14 subspecies) belonging to three genera are presented. Among them, 20 species group taxa (11 species and 9 subspecies) are endemic to Turkey. D. quadrimaculatum quadrimaculatum Küster is recorded and confirmed for the first time with an exact locality data after 172 years from its original description while D. andirinense Bernhauer & Peks is recorded and confirmed for the first time after nine years from its original description. The presence in Turkey of D. pedestre pedestre (Poda) is confirmed for the first time after 30 years. N. exornatum (Frivaldszky) is recorded for the first time with an exact locality data from European Turkey. In addition, D. pseudobithyniense Breuning and D. wolfi Krätschmer are the first record to Aegean region of Turkey while D. subsericatum subsericatum Pic is the first record to Central Anatolian region of Turkey. 


Keyword :

Cerambycidae, Dorcadionini, new records and confirmations, Turkey


Author(s) : Özdikmen, H., Tezcan, S.
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Published Issue : 2020 Vol. 15 Number 2


2020 Vol. 15 Number 2