Phytoecia ( Opsilia ) prasina Reitter, 1911

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 : 302

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scientific name	Phytoecia ( Opsilia ) prasina Reitter, 1911
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Phytoecia ( Opsilia) prasina Reitter, 1911 View in CoL

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TYPE MATERIAL: Holotype of Ph. Irakensis 1♂, Irak, Sultan-Bulagh , 25.5.1964, Vartian und Dr. Kasy leg. , Holotypus, “ Phytoecia irakensis Breuning det.” ( NMW) .

MATERIAL: 2♂ 1♀, Iran, Azerbaijan-e-Qarbi prov. , near Rajan, 25 05 2014, leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK) ; 3♂, 1♀, Iran, Azerbaijan-e-Qarbi prov. , near Rajan, 24 05 2017 leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK) ; 1♂, 1♀, Iran, Khamadan prov. , 1 km E Ylfan vill., 34.740476°N 48.621117°E, 10–11 05 2017, leg. Kasatkin D. (cDK) GoogleMaps .

NOTES. This rare species was known only from some localities: Iran, Lorestan (the type locality) and Azerbaijan, Talysh [ Miroshnikov, 2009], a host plant was unknown previously. We collected some specimens of Ph. prasina in Hamedan and Azerbaijan-e-Qarbi Provinces of Iran. All our beetles were collect on Nonea anchusoides Boiss. et Buhse. Ph. irakensis Breuning, 1967 was described by a single specimen from ´´ Irak, Sultan-Balagh, 25.5.1963 ´´ [ Breuning, 1967]. Label data of the holotype is “ Irak, Sultan-Bulagh, 25.5.1964 ” ( Fig. 16 View Figs 15–16 ). Actually, the type locality of Ph.irakensis is located in Iran ( Hamadan province, 52 km NW Hamadan city, Sol ân Bolâghî,) and well known from materials of the Austrian expedition in Afghanistan and Persia [ Kaszab, 1965]. Thus, the type locality is located in Iran.

Breuning incorrectly compared Ph. irakensis with Ph. coerulescens (Scopoli, 1793) . Examination of the holotype ( Fig. 15 View Figs 15–16 ) shown that Ph. irakensis is the male of Ph. prasina prasina . Thus, the following new synonymy is proposed: Ph. prasina Reitter, 1911 = Ph. irakensis Breuning, 1967 , syn.n.