Purpuricenus nigronotatus is very rare species known from the West side of Toros Mountains (Antalya province) to the Hatay province. Northwards it reaches the Van lake in Eastern Anatolia [❖].

Body length:	10 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	May - July
Host plant:	oaks (Quercus spp.)
Distribution:	a species endemic to Turkey

The depicted beetle was collected whilst sitting on oak leaves near Güzelolük village (40 km N of Erdemli, SW Turkey).

Collected by M.Hoskovec

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Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
Revision of the Purpuricenus interscapillatus species - group and allied taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Fragmenta entomologica, Roma 45 (1-2): 143-171, 2013. [download ]