Cerambyx (Microcerambyx) elbursi, a rare species endemic to Iran, was first described from Gorgan (former Astrabad, Iran) as Cerambyx elegans by Carl August Dohrn as early as 1873 [✧]. However, due to the pre-occupation of the name elegans, the name C. elburzi is valid according to a description published by Štěpán Jureček in 1924 [❖].

Body length:	18 - 30 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Prunus
Distribution:	an endemic species to Iran

The depicted female beetle was collected in Chālūs (چالوس) environs (Chalus county, Māzandarān province, Iran) in May 2015.

Collected by D.Kasatkin

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[✧]
Dohrn C.A.:
Exotisches.
Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 34: 70-83, 1873. [download ] 

[❖]
Jureček Š.:
Cerambyx Elbursi n. sp. prope multiplicatus Motsch. (Col.).
Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické, Praha 21 (3-4): 47, 1924. [download ]