Agapanthia (Epoptes) turanica Plavilstshikov, 1929
[= Agapanthia subchalybaea turanica Plavilstshikov, 1929]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: AGAPANTHIINI
Agapanthia turanica
[Photo © Sergey V. Kolov, click on the picture for 4K resolution]



Agapanthia turanica, a Central-Asian species occuring in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and NW China, has been described from "Turkestan" as Agapanthia subchalybaea turanica by Nikolai N. Plavilstshikov in 1929 [▽].

Body length:10 - 17 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:roots/stems of herbaceous plants
Distribution:Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, NW China (Xinjiang)


The depicted beetle was collected Prokhodnayaya (Проходная) river valley (N43°02′33″ E76°55′06″; 2670 m a.s.l., Trans-Ili Alatau, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan) on June 7, 2013.

Collected by Sergey V. Kolov


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Plavilstshikov N.N.:
Die Agapanthia-Arten der paläarktischen Region.
Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren, Troppau 98: 1-40, 1930. [download pdf icon]

Lazarev M.A.:
Голотипы и лектотипы жуков-усачей (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), хранящиеся в Зоологическом музее Московского государственного университета / Holotypes and lectotypes of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) stored at the Zoological Museum Moscow State University].
Humanity space International Almanac 8 (10): 1210-1359, 2019. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusAgapanthiini Mulsant, 1839
GenusAgapanthia Audinet-Serville, 1835
SubgenusEpoptes Gistl, 1857
SpeciesAgapanthia (Epoptes) turanica Plavilstshikov, 1929