Mesoprionus lefebvrei, a Turano-Mediterranean species distributed in Near-Easta and Turkey, has been described from Syria as Prionus Lefebvrei by Sylvain Augustin Marseul in 1856 [▽].

Body length:	25 - 45 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous on decidous trees/shrubs (Acacia mollissima, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Quercus sp., Platanus sp., Ficus sp.)
Distribution:	Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

The depicted beetle collected in Lebanon (Lech Kruszelnicki collection).

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Marseul S.A.:
Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles qui seront décrites et figurées prochainement..
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, Paris (2) 8: 47-48, 1856. [download ]