Phytoecia (Paracoptosia) bithynensis, Ganglbauer, 1884

Kasatkin, D. G., 2021, Notes on the fauna and taxonomy of longicorn-beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Near East and Transacaucasia, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (3), pp. 297-304 : 301

Phytoecia (Paracoptosia) bithynensis

(Ganglbauer, 1884) MATERIAL: 1♂, Iran, Azerbaijan-e-Qarbi prov., near Piranshahr vill., 16–18 05 2015, Kasatkin D., leg.; 1♂, 1♀, Iran, Lorestan prov., near Dorud , 5 km SW Choghab Dar vill., 33.501061°N 49.003441°E, 14–15 05 2017, leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK) .

NOTES. This species early was recorded for Turkey [ Löbl, Smetana, 2010], Lebanon and Iran [ Sama et al, 2010a], but without any localities for the latter country. Iran was excluded from distribution in the last edition of the Palaearctic Catalogue [ Danilevsky, 2020b]. We collected some specimens of Ph. (P.) bithynensis in different provinces of Iran on leaf rosette of Cynoglossum sp. plants together with Ph. (P.) compacta (Ménétries, 1832) .