Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) semiargentatum Pic, 1905
ssp. sarabense Holzschuh, 1993

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion semiargentatum sarabense
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:13 - 17 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - May
Host plant:roots of grasses
Distribution:Azerbaijan, NW Iran


The depicted beetles were collected in a pass situated 7 km SWW Nir (SW Ardabil, prov. Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi, NW Iran).

Collected by M.Rejzek


Holzschuh C.:
Neue Bockkäfer aus Europa und Asien IV, 60 neue Bockkäfer aus Asien, vorwiegend aus China und Thailand (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Schriftenreihe der Forstlichen Bundesversuchanstalt (FBVA-Berichte), Wien 75: 1-63, 1993.


Danilevsky M.L. and Murzin S.V.:
A revue of Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 species of "laeve-group" Part II (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Les Cahiers Magellanes 93: 1-22, 2009 [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) semiargentatum Pic, 1905
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) semiargentatum sarabense Holzschuh, 1993