Clytus gulekanus Pic, 1904k

family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802
subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802
tribe Clytini Mulsant, 1839
genus Clytus Laicharting, 1784
gulekanus Pic, 1904k

Clytus gulekanus Pic, 1904k

Distribution:
ASIA - TR

Clytus gulekanus is a rare species endemic to Turkey. The beetles develop in Ficus carica. Dead wood of larger living trunks is the preferred larval substrate of this species.

Body length: 10 - 17 mm

Life cycle: 2 - 3 years
Adults in: June - July
Host plant: Ficus carica
Distribution: an endemic species to Turkey
The depicted beetle was collected on the trunk of a dying common fig tree (Ficus carica) in Namrun (SW Turkey).