Agapanthia naciyae, a new Turkish species, is strictly related with A. osmanlis Reiche et Saulcy, 1858. But thanks to many features, both taxa can be well distinguished. Agapanthia naciyae is smaller than A. osmanlis, with a very light green color without whitish longitudinal stripe made by short pubescence. Elytra show long erect hairs till the apex, in A. osmanlis this hairs are only on the first half of the elytral length and antennae are shorter [❖].

The complicated taxonomic situation in Agapanthia osmanlis species cluster (comprising following taxa: Agapanthia osmanlis, Agapanthia ozdikmeni, Agapanthia viti and Agapanthia naciyae) was solved by Pierpaolo Rapuzzi and Gianfranco Sama in 2012 [❖].

Body length:	8 - 10 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	Astragalus
Distribution:	endemic species to Turkey [✧]

The depicted beetles were collected on Astragalus in Kosutdere (Hafik, Sivas province, Turkey) on May 22, 2015.

Collected by Jean-Claude Ringenbach

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[❖]
Rapuzzi P. and Sama G.:
New taxa and new records of longhorn-beetles from Eastern Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (2): 663-689, 2012. [download ]

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Özdikmen H.:
Turkish Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 with identification keys (Coleoptera: Lamiinae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 8 (1): 9-40. [download ]