Dorcadion halepense, a rare species occuring in South Turkey and Syria, has been described from Aleppo environs (Syria) as Dorcadion Saulcyi var. Halepense by Gustav Kraatz in 1873 [❖].

Body length:	9 - 12 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grasses
Distribution:	South Turkey, Syria

The depicted beetle was collected in South Turkey.

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Kraatz G.:
Die Käfer Europas. Nach der Natur beschrieben von Dr. G. Kraatz im Anschluss an die Käfer Europa's von Dr. H. C. Küster.
In Küster: Die Käfer Europas nach der Natur beschrieben 29: 1-101 [page 72], 1873. [download ]

Özdikmen H., Mercan N., and Cihan N.:
A new subspecies of Dorcadion halepense (Kraatz, 1873) from south Turkey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 7 (1): 604-606, 2012. [download ]