Body length:	10 - 13 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 by our friend Zdeněk Košťál in Güllüce Köyü environs (S of Karacabey, Amasya Province, Turkey) on April 20, 1997.

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Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666, 1962. [download ]

Krätschmer O.E.:
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dorcadion-Fauna Griechenlands und der Türkei (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Entomologische Zeitschrift 97: 337-340, 1987.