Clytus gulekanus is a rare species endemic to Turkey [❖]. The beetles develop in Ficus carica. Dead wood of larger living trunks is the preferred larval substrate of this species.

Body length:	6 - 11 mm
Life cycle:	2 years [?]
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	Quercus
Distribution:	NE Turkey [❖], Caucasus region

The depicted beetle was collected on oak (Quercus sp.) logs near Uzundere (NE Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Özdikmen H., Turgut S.:
A synopsis of Turkish Clytus Laicharting, 1784 and Sphegoclytus Sama, 2005 with zoogeographical remarks (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology Journal 4 (2): 353-370, 2009. [download ]