First record of Prinobius samai Drumont et Rejzek, 2008 for Turkish Fauna, Mardin province (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) 1 Via Cialla 48, 33040 Prepotto, Udine, Italy 2 Dicle University, Ziya Gökalp Education Faculty, Department of Biology, 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0696-4244 *Corresponding author, e-mail: sadreddint@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper is based on a project carried on for the purpose of studying the Coleoptera Cer- ambycidae Fauna of Mardin province (South East Turkey) in 2021 and 2022. Among the sam- ples, we found a specimen of Prinobius Mulsant, 1842 that belongs to the species P. samai Drumont et Rejzek, 2008. The record is new for the Turkish Fauna and enlarges the range of this species on the North-West. This is not surprising because several species widespred in West Iran have recently been added to the South-East Turkey Fauna, especially from Mardin province. INTRODUCTION Prinobius samai Drumont et Rejzek, 2008 was known only from West Iran. In fact, it was de- scribed from 7 km. S. Ilam, 1619 m., 33°40’N - 46°29’E, Ilam province (Iran) and known from Fars province, Zagros Mts., Yasuj surroundings, 18.VII.2010, J. Dalihod legit (Rapuzzi’s collection) and Fars province, Kazerun, Nowdan, VII.1975 (Rapuzzi’s collection). Recently we studied several specimens of Cerambycidae collected in Mardin province (SE Turkey) and one of them belongs to this species. It is very interesting to note that the Fauna of this province is composed of elements from the Mediterranean region and from the Iranian area (Rapuzzi et al., 2021). Another interesting point about this record is that once again it shows how the Mardin region is strictly connected with the Zagros area (West Iran). MATERIAL AND METHODS The South Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey is known as one of the best preserved and undam- aged natural habitat of Turkey. The biodiversity is high in the region probably due to the climatic het- erogeneity. It is influenced by Eremial, Mediter- ranean and Siberian climates (Satar & Özbay 2004). Mardin province, located in the Tigris and Euphrates basins is composed of 10 counties (Ar- tuklu, Dargeçit, Derik, Kızıltepe, Mazıdağı, Midyat, Nusaybin, Ömerli, Savur, and Yeşilli) and it is lo- cated in South Eastern Turkey’s Anatolia Region. It is surrounded by Şırnak and Siirt provinces in the East, Şanlıurfa in the West, Diyarbakır and Batman provinces in the North, the southern border of the province is the state border with Syria (Fig. 1). The climate of Mardin Province is due to its geografical position. Mardin province is between the influence KEY WORDS Cerambycidae; Macrotomini; Iran. Pierpaolo Rapuzzi 1 & Sadreddin Tusun 2 Biodiversity Journal, 2023,14 (4): 689–691 https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2023.14.4.689.691 Received 29.10.2023; accepted 10.12.2023; published online 30.12.2023