Conizonia kalashiana has been described by Mikhail Danilevsky [❖] from Mount Ara (Արա լեռ / Ara leř; Kotayk Province, Armenia) in 1992. The species is closely related to Conizonia anularis Holzschuh, 1984 from SE Turkey, but differs first of all by the shape of prothorax which is strongly enlarged posteriorly (in C. annularis is nearly cylindrical) and all parts of body are covered with grey adpressed pubescence (yellow in C. annularis).

Body length:	13 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	unknown
Distribution:	endemic species to Armenia

The depicted beetle was collected in Byurakan (Բյուրական) environs (Aragatsotn Province, Armenia) on June 6, 2013.

Collected by Karel Hodek

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Danilevsky M.L.:
New species of Cerambycidae from Transcaucasia with some new data (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Senckenbergiana Biologica, Frankfurt am Main 72 (1/3): 107-117, 1992. [download ]

Özdikmen H. and Turgut S.:
A new subgenus to Conizonia Fairmaire, 1864 (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Phytoeciini)
Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 (1): 49-52, 2015. [download ]