Xylotrechus (Turanoclytus) namanganensis (Heyden, 1885)
[= Clytus (Xylotrechus) bucharensis Semenov, 1893]
[= Xylotrechus subcrucifer Pic, 1903]
[= Turanoclytus namanganensis (Heyden, 1885)]

Subfamilia: CERAMBYCINAE  /  Tribus: CLYTINI

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Xylotrechus namanganensis, a species of Central-Asian steppes and semideserts, has been described from Namangan environs (Uzbekistan) as Clytus (Xylotrechus) namaganensis by Lucas Friedrich Heyden in 1885 [❖].

Body length:	10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - July
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Populus, Eleagnus, Armeniaca, Salix, Juglans etc.)
Distribution:	Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, NW China (Xinjiang)

Depicted beetle were collected in: ♂ - Aşgabat city environs (Turkmenistan) on June 7, 1989; ♀ - Aman-Kutan (Omonqo'ton/Омонқўтон) hamlet environs (40 km S Samarqand, Urgut district, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan) on April 24, 1978.

Collected by Marek Kafka nad Jiří Lorenc

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[❖]
Heyden L.F and Kraatz G.:
Beiträge zur turkestanischen Coleopteren-Fauna.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 29 (2): 273-298, 1885. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Clytini Mulsant, 1839
Genus	Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860
Subgenus	Turanoclytus Sama, 1994
Species	Xylotrechus (Turanoclytus) namanganensis (Heyden, 1885)