Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) bangi, an endemic species to Turkey, has been described from Kastamonu environs by Lucas Friedrich Heyden in 1894 [❖].

Body length:	11 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:	an endemic species to Turkey

The depicted beetle [❖] was collected on the ground in low vegetation in Devrekani environs (Kastamonu province, Black Sea region of Turkey) in April 1977.

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Heyden L.F.:
Ueber Meloë Olivieri Chevrolat und sechs neue Longicornen aus Klein-Asien.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 1894 (1): 85-90.
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Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [page 395], 1962.
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Özdikmen H.:
Additional notes on Dorcadionini of Turkey by Özdikmen (2016a) (Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 16 (2): 756-789, 2021.
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