Forum Entomologi Italiani

Turkey, Karaman, July2015

It is a member of Cryptocephalus violaceus group but for proper identify necassary is photo of abdomen of male. In Turkey occur three species of the group: violaceus Laicharting, concolor Suffrian and duplicatus Suffrian. In Karaman area C. duplicatus is the most possible to occur.

Sassi & Kismali (2000, The Cryptocephalinae of Turkey, with Informations on their Distribution and Ecology . (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Mem.Soc.Ent.It., 78 (1): 71-129) say "All Turkish male specimens labelled as C. violaceus in the examined collection were in fact C. duplicatus", so we may assume that C. violaceus, if ever present in Turkey, might be found only in European Turkey and in the nearby areas.
The same authors say about C. concolor "It has been reported for the region by several authors (Bodemeyer, 1900; Breit, 1918; Berti & Rapilly, 1973; Warchalowski, 1974; Tomov & Gruev., 1975; Tomov, 1984; Asian & Ozbek, 1997b) but according to Lopatin ( 1984) the species does not reach the territory under study and the reports must be attributed to C. duplicatus Suffrian, 1847", thus we may conclude that concolor is absent from central Turkey.
Finally, C. duplicatus is reported from most turkish provinces, including many localities in Konya province.
I'd say that the specimen is C. duplicatus at 99,9%. Obviously, to be sure, we have to examine the last ventrites.

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Maurizio Bollino

Thanks Mr. Bollino. Than I labeled it as C. duplicatus.
Best regards.

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Maurizio Bollino