Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839

Phymatodes Mulsant, 1839 View in CoL View at ENA

The genus is represented in Turkey by four species belonging to three subgenera: the nominotypical subgenus, Melasmetus Reitter, 1913 and Phymatodellus Reitter, 1913 . P. ( Melasmetus) femoralis (Menetries, 1832) has been recorded in Turkey only from Istanbul province in the north-west, as P. femoralis demelti Heyrovski, 1961 . So the species is represented only by this subspecies in Turkey now. The nominotypical subspecies, which was described from Caucasus, is distributed only in Caucasus and Iran. P. ( s. str.) testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) has been reported by various authors from different localities in Turkey as cited in Özdikmen 2007, 2008. It is distributed rather widely in Turkey. P. ( Phymatodellus) magnanii Sama and Rapuzzi, 1999 is known only from the type localities of Antalya and İçel provinces. So it is distributed only in southern and south-western Turkey. P. ( Phymatodellus) rufipes (Fabricius, 1777) has been reported in Turkey by a few authors, from various localities in both the north and south. It is represented by two subspecies in Turkey: P. rufipes rufipes in northern Turkey and P. rufipes syriacum (Pic, 1891) in southern Turkey.

Zoogeographically, P. ( M.) femoralis has SW-Asiatic (Anatolo-Caucasian + Irano- Caucasian + Irano-Anatolian), P. ( s. str.) testaceus has Holaractic, P. ( Phymatodellus) magnanii has Anatolian and P. ( Phymatodellus) rufipes has European chorotype.