Turanium

Subfamily

Cerambycinae

Diagnosis - adult

Body length: 7.6–15mm. 
Eyes: eye interommatidial setaeseta:
a sclerotized hair-like projection of the cuticle
absent, eye deeply emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
> half width, eye ommatidial density fine. 
AntennaeAntenna:
in larval and adult insects, paired segmented appendages, borne one on each side of the head, functioning as sense organs and bearing a large number of sensilla
: antennal length reaches between basebase:
the part of any appendage or structure that is nearest the body
and end of elytraelytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
or reaching/surpassing end of body, antennal flagellar segments elongateelongate:
much longer than wide
, scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
smooth/punctate at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, antennal segment 3 > scapescape:
the first proximal segment of the antenna
. 
Pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
: pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
shape transversetransverse:
broader than long
, pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
lateral armature absent. 
Prosternum: prosternal process not dilated at apexapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
, procoxal cavities open posteriorly. 
ElytraElytron:
the leathery forewing of beetles, serving as a covering for the hind wings, commonly meeting opposite elytron in a straight line down the middle of the dorsum in repose
: elytral length reaching or close to end of abdomen, elytral apicesapex:
end of any structure distad to the base
rounded or truncatetruncate:
cut off squarely at the tip
, elytral color black, brown, reddish, or orange, elytral color pattern present or absent. 
Legs: visible tarsomeres: 4, femora clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
, rarely slender, protibial spurs: 2, tarsal claws simple.

Intercoxal process of prosternum narrow. Intercoxal process of prosternum long, reaching to, or nearly to, posterior borders of anterior coxae. Third antennal segment longer than fourth. Posterior femora not strongly clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
. First two hind tarsal segments almost without pubescence beneath, each with a deep shiny groove along middle of lower surface; pronotumpronotum:
the upper and dorsal part of the prothorax
densely punctured (Gressitt 1951Gressitt 1951:
Gressitt, J.L. 1951. Longicorn beetles of China. Longicornia, Paris 2: 1-667, 22 pls.).

Similar genera

Pronocera

Differential diagnosis

Ropalopus has posterior femora strongly clavateclavate:
thickening gradually toward the tip
. Pronocera has tarsomeres 1–3 hairy and no bald groove under tarsomeres.

Distribution

Palearctic: central Asia

Recorded host plants

broadleaf; Abies, Picea

Remarks

6 spp. in Turanium (Turanium). 2 spp. in (Chalcoturanium). T. (C.) juglandis and T. (T.) pilosum known from conifers and broadleaf. Genetic data available on Genbank.

Taxonomy

Turanium Baeckmann, 1922, Revue Russe d'Entomologie, Saint-Petersbourg 18 (1): 32, 35.