Purpuricenus wachanrui Levrat, 1858

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 : 298-300

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scientific name	Purpuricenus wachanrui Levrat, 1858
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Purpuricenus mesopotamicus Ali, 1987 View in CoL

= Purpuricenus wachanrui Levrat, 1858 syn.n.

MATERIAL. 2♂, Iraq, Mossul prov., Siakh-Gyuivez , [Мос- сульский вил., с. СиЯх- ГЮвеЗ], 21 06 1914 ( ZIN) ; 3♂, Turkey, Bulgan Gec. , 18–20 06 2005 , 1800 m, E. et P. Hajdaj leg. (cDK); 3♂ 1♀, Turkey, Tunceli prov., near Pülümür vill., 09 06 2010 , leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK); ♂ ♀, Turkey, Bitlis prov., Bashan, near Van Lake , 9–11 07 2007 , Shokhin I. (cDK); Iran, 5♂ 4♀ Kermanshakh prov., near Shamshir vill., 20–22 05 2015 , on Apiaceae flowers, leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK); 2♂ 1♀, Iran, near Kermanshakh , 15 05 2017 , leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK).

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NOTES. The new synonymy is based on the original description [ Ali, 1987] and examined materials from different parts of the range of this species. This very variable species is characterized by wide diapason of the body size and proportions, and also by colouration of elytra and the pronotum.