Occurrence of Chrysochus asclepiadeus Pallas 1773 Coleoptera Chrysomelidae in Turkey two distinct subspecies or the same taxon with slightly different populations

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According to the literature, Chrysochus asclepiadeus (Pallas, 1773) is represented by two subspecies in the western Palaearctic, including C. asclepiadeus asiaeminoris De Monte, 1948 De Monte, T. (1948): Una Nuova Razza Del Chrysochus asclepiadeus Pallas (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, 17(31), 1–4. [Google Scholar], which was described from south-western Turkey but has not been recorded since 1948. Recently collected specimens from the provinces of İzmir and Isparta (not far from the type locality of C. asclepiadeus asiaeminoris) were compared with specimens of the nominate subspecies from Kiev (Ukraine). It is concluded that C. asclepiadeus asiaeminoris is a synonym of the nominate subspecies (syn. n.). The distribution of the species in Turkey is discussed.