title: New data on distribution, biology, and ecology of longhorn beetles from the area of west Tajikistan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
abstract: New data on distribution, biology, and ecology of some little-known cerambycid species, collected in the western part of Tajikistan, are presented. Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758) is recorded in Tajikistan for the first time. New localities of species considered pests or invasive species such as Aeolesthes sarta (Solsky, 1871) and Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 are also given. The list of the taxa collected by the first author during many years of field research in Tajikistan as well as photographs of poorly known species from his collection, including some endemics, are additionally provided. Furthermore, high quality photographs of some extremely rare species that were collected during our expedition, i.e., Turkaromia gromenkoi Danilevsky, 2000 and Ropalopus nadari Pic, 1894, with images of their habitats or feeding grounds are also presented for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Tajik National University, Rudaki 17, 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
authors.forename: Abdysalom Kh
authors.initials: AKh
authors.lastname: Kadyrov
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karpiński
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Szczepański
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taszakowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walczak
keywords: Central Asia; endemic species; faunistics; invasive species; new records; zoogeography