Phytoecia shokhini, a rare endemic species to Eastern Turkey known from Tunceli environs only, has been described from Munzur Valley National Park (Munzur Vadisi Milli Parkı) by Denis Kasatkin in 2010 [▽].

Body length:	♂♂ 10 – 11.8 mm / ♀♀ 11 – 12.5 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May
Host plant:	undetermined Apiaceae plant
Distribution:	an endemic species to Eastern Turkey

The depicted beetle was collected in Munzur Valley (1000-1700 m a.s.l., Tunceli environs, Tunceli province, Turkey) on May 21-22, 2013.

Collected by T.Tichý

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Kasatkin D.G.:
A new species of the genus Phytoecia Dejean, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Eastern Turkey.
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 6 (1): 61-62, 2010. [download ]