Although according to H. Özdikmen et al. [❖], Stenocorus auricomus (both subspecies) is distributed only in Taurus Mts. (Toros Dağları) in southern Turkey, the real area of the species' occurence is distinctively larger, reaching easternmost provinces of Turkey (viz. depicted specimen of Stenocorus auricomus auricomus from Biltis province).

Body length:	14 - 17 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years [?]
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	unknown
Distribution:	Turkey

This very rare beetle was captured ca. 15 km SE of Tatvan (1740 m, Kavuşşahap Dağları, Bitlis province, East Turkey) on June 12, 2011.

Collected by J.Lugowoj

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[❖]
Özdikmen H., Cihan N. and Kaya G.:
A Survey of Turkish Stenocorus Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with a New Species Stenocorus (s.str.) guveni.
Pakistan Journal of Zoology 46 (3): 697-706, 2014. [download ]

Özdikmen H.:
Turkish red list categories of longicorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Part II - Subfamiliy Lepturinae: Xylosteini, Enoploderini, Rhamnusiini, Oxymirini and Rhagiini.
Munis Entomology & Zoology 9 (1): 292-312, 2014. [download ]