Subfamilia: PRIONINAE / Tribus: PRIONINI
Dorysthenes (Baladeva) walkeri ♂ [Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Dorysthenes (Baladeva) walkeri, an impressive representative of the Prionini tribe widespread in the Oriental region (China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), was described as Baladeva walkeri from Myanmar by George Robert Waterhouse in 1840 [★]. D. walkeri was first reported in the area of our interest (Arasbaran environs, East Azerbaijan province of Iran) in 2005 [▽].
Body length: 28 - 79 mm Life cycle: at least 3 years Adults in: May - November Host plant: polyphagous in broadleaf trees Distribution: China, Iran, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
The depicted mounted beetles were collected by a local collector in mountain rain forests in Mae Tha environs (Mae Tha district, Lamphun province, North Thailand) in October, 2009.
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Waterhouse G.R.:
XLV. Descriptions of two new Coleopterous Insects, from the Collection of Sir Patrick Walker.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 (4): 225-229, 1840. [download]
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Özdikmen H., Ghahari H. & Turgut S., 2009:
New records for palaearctic Cerambycidae from Iran with zoogeographical remarks (Col.: Cerambycoidea: Cerambycidae).
Munis Entomology & Zoology 4 (1): 1-18, 2009. [downloadGahan Ch.J.:
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. - Vol. I. (Cerambycidæ).
C.T. Bingham, London, 329 pp. [pages 8-9], 1906. [download
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Dorysthenes (Baladeva) walkeri ♂ [Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Dorysthenes (Baladeva) walkeri ♂ [Photo © André De Kesel]
| Subfamilia | Prioninae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Prionini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Dorysthenes Vigors, 1826 |
| Subgenus | Baladeva Waterhouse, 1840 |
| Species | Dorysthenes (Baladeva) walkeri Waterhouse, 1840 |