Trichodes quadriguttatus Adams, 1817

Kosecobanli, Gulnar, MERSIN ● Turkey

Description: The anterior part of elytra has no yellow lateral margin. The pronotum is glossy. The orange red to nearly yellowish elytral ground colours is reduced to two more or less large, circular lateral spots, reaching the lateral margin. The hind femora is scarcely thickened; the hind tibiae slightly curved to nearly straight. Size: 8.6 mm

Distribution: East Mediterranean, ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Iran, Jordan, Caucasus.

References:
Gerstmeier R., 1998. Checkered Beetles, Illustrated Key to the Cleridae of the Western Palaeartic, Margraf Verlag, Germany. ISBN 3-8236-1175-5

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Wednesday 23 June 2010

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