Agapanthia (Epoptes) turanica Plavilstshikov, 1929

  Information: Agapanthia turanica, a Central-Asian species occuring in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and NW China, has been described from "Turkestan" as Agapanthia subchalybaea turanica by Nikolai N. Plavilstshikov in 1929   

Body length: 10 - 17 mm 
Peak activity: May - June

  Remarks: Usually from the second half of May, they mate mostly on higher succulent plants.

  Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, China (NW)
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic

  Taxonomic classification:

  Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. | Danilevsky 2023

  Material examined (& observation):

Kazakhstan  

Keskelen river valley
(GPS)   
Altitude 1500 - 1800 m a.s.l. | 9.6.2016

  Our observation period: May ~ June
  Sampling Methods: on bush and flowers