Ropalopus sculpturatus, a very rare and not well known endemic species to Turkey, has been described from Tokat (Turkey) as Ropalopus clavipes v. sculpturatus by Maurice Pic in 1931 [❖]. Into species rank it was elevated by Gianfranco Sama in 1992 [▽].

Body length:	12 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	2 - 3 years [?]
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	unknown, but very likely polyphagous in deciduos trees
Distribution:	an endemic species to Turkey

The depicted beetle was collected in Turkey.

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[❖]
Pic M.:
Notes diverses, nouveautés (Suite.).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 47 (445): 9-10, 1931.

[▽]
Sama G.:
Revision des types de la Collection M.PIC. II. Callidiini de I'Anatolie (Col. Cerambycidae).
L'Entomologiste 48 (4): 191-196, 1992. [download ]