Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) apicerufum Breuning, 1943
[Dorcadion thomsonianum Plavilstshikov, 1948]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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Dorcadion apicerufum ♂  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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Dorcadion apicerufum, a montane species occuring in East Turkey, Armenia and North-West Iran, has been described from Armenia by Stephan Breuning in 1943 [▽].

Body length:	10 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:	East Turkey, Armenia and North-West Iran

The depicted beetles were collected in alpine meadows on south-eastern slopes of the highest mountain of Armenia, Mount Aragats (Արագած; 2700-2800 m, Aragatsotn province, Armenia) on June 14, 2012.

Collected by Michal Hoskovec

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Breuning S.:
Nouveaux Cérambycides paléarctiques (1re note).
Miscellanea Entomologica 40 (9): 89-104, 1943. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [page 494], 1962. [download ]

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Dorcadion apicerufum ♂♂  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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Dorcadion apicerufum ♀  [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) apicerufum Breuning, 1943