Contribution to the knowledge of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Turkey subfamilies Prioninae, Lepturinae, Spondylidinae and Cerambycinae

Abstract

New faunistic data is presented on Prioninae, Spondylidinae and Cerambycinae of Turkey. The faunistic data in the present paper on almost all species add to the knowledge of their distribution in Turkey. Thereby contributing to the knowledge of the longhorn beetles fauna of Turkey. Mainly interesting records are: Pracorymbia (s. str.) tesserula (Charpentier, 1825) and Purpuricenus Caucasians Pic, 1902, are the second record for Turkey, Alocerus moesiacus (Frivaldsky, 183 8) is the first record for European Turkey and Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840 is given as a new record for Turkey in Özdikmen & Çağlar, 2003. Also, many taxa are new records for the provinces of Turkey.