Anatolobrium eggeri has been described as a new genus and species by Adlbauer [❖] from the southern Taurus Mts. (1200 m, 30 km NW Alanya, Antalya province, Southern Turkey; 14.- 28.7.2001).
The type series consists of specimens attracted to a light trap and consequently no further data on the biology of this very interesting species is available at the moment. Hüseyin Özdikmen reported
this species (museum collection) with following locality: Antalya, between Alanya-Çayarası plateau, Sarımut bridge env., N36° 37’ E32° 23’, 12.8.2001 [✧].
Body length: | 8 - 10 mm |
Life cycle: | unknown |
Adults in: | July - August |
Host plant: | unknown |
Distribution: | a species endemic to Turkey |
Collected by Manfred Egger
[❖]
Adlbauer K.:
Eine neue Obriini-Art aus der Türkei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 419–421, 2004.
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[✧]
Özdikmen H., Okutaner A.Y.:
A very interesting longicorn beetle, Anatolobrium eggeri Adlbauer, 2004, from Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal 1 (1): 169-170, 2006.
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