Grammoptera merkli, an endemic species to Turkey, has been described by Johann Frivaldszky in 1884 [❖].

Body length:	4 - 7 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	polyphagous in fungi infested branches of deciduous trees (e.g. Quercus)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Turkey

The depicted male beetle was collected in Göynük environs (Kemer region, Antalya province, Turkey) on April 16, 2015.

Collected by Maxim E. Smirnov

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Frivaldszky J.:
Coleoptera nova ex Asia Minore.
Természetrajzi Füzetek 8 (1): 1-8, 1884. [download ]

Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Descriptions of nine new species of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 9 (1): 1-16, 2014. [download ]