Psacasta cypria Puton, 1881

Psacasta cypria Puton, 1881b: 119 . Syntype(s): ♀, Cyprus; Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien.

Type specimens examined. None.

Other material examined. Turkey: 1 ♀, Zeitoun [= Zeytin] (coll. Puton; Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris) ; 1 ♀, Adiyaman, Nemrut .

Diagnosis. Body length ♂ 11.9-12.5 mm, ♀ 12.3-13.6 mm. Body massive and robust; central raising of scutellum absent. Dorsal surface yellowish brown without trace of callose pale speckles, covered with thick black punctures leaving almost no free space. Antennae and legs black.

Distribution. Cyprus, SE Turkey and Iraq.