Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE / Tribus: CERAMBYCINI
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Cerambyx kodymi, an extremely rare (several pieces are known) and little-known species distributed in a relatively small area of southwestern Turkey and the coastal part of Syria, was described based on specimens collected in the vicinity of Latakia (Syria) and Iskenderun (Turkey) by Milan Sláma in 2015 [❖]. The biology of this interesting species, which is similar in appearance to Cerambyx (Cerambyx) carinatus Küster, 1845, is unfortunately still unknown.
Body length: 35 - 43 mm Life cycle: at least 3 years [?] Adults in: June - July Host plant: unknown Distribution: Syria, Turkey
The depicted mounted specimens were collected in Karaelmaslı village environs (250 m a.s.l., Nur Dağlari / Amanus Mts., Hatay province, South-West Turkey) on July 27, 2001.Collected by Dr. Klaus-Dirk Schenk
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Sláma M.E.F.:
Descriptions of new taxa from Europe and Southwest Asia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Humanity space - International Almanac 4 (5): 1120-1133, 2015. [download]
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A side view of the Cerambyx (Cerambyx) kodymi head.
| Subfamilia | Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Cerambycini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Subgenus | Cerambyx Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | Cerambyx (Cerambyx) kodymi Sláma, 2015 |