Plagionotus arcuatus shirazensis, a distinctive subspecies of widely distributed P. arcuatus endemic to Iran, has been described by Roman Królik, Lech Kruszelnicki, Andrzej Lasoń and Marcin Walczak in 2021. The description with well presented differential diagnosis and the determination key of all known subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus was published in an excellent paper in Zootaxa [❖].

Body length:	♂ 11.5-18.5 mm / ♀ 12.2-16.6 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	probably Quercus macranthera
Distribution:	an endemic subspecies to Iran

The depicted beetles (paratypes) were collected in the species' type locality - 5 km SW of Dasht-e Arzhan (دشت ارژن) village (N29°37′55″ E51°56′25″; 2160 m a.s.l., Arzhan district, Shiraz vounty, Fars province, Iran) on April 30 - May 2, 2016.

Collected by our friend Lech Kruszelnicki

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Królik R., Kruszelnicki L., Lasoń A., Walczak M.:
Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Zootaxa 4942 (4): 558-568, 2021. [download ]