Pseudosphegestes longitarsus, described by Carolus von Holzschuh in 1974 [❖], is a very rare endemic species from South and South-East Anatolia (Turkey). The depicted beetle was found in pupal cell in dead branch stub remaining on a living Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) in environs of Karadut village (Nemrut Dagi National Park, Adiyaman province, Anatolia, SE Turkey; ❖).

Body length:	6 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	2 years
Adults in:	June - July
Host plant:	oak (Quercus)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Turkey

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Holzschuh C.:
Neue bockkäfer aus Pakistan, Iran, Anatolien und Mazedonien (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 25 (3/4): 1973 (1974). [download ]

Rejzek M. and Hoskovec M.:
Cerambycidae of Nemrut Dagi National Park (Anatolia, South-East Turkey).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 15 (4): 257-272, 1999.