Iberodorcadion chiqui, a rare endemic species known only from Sierra Bermeja (Málaga province, South Spain), has been described by Antonio Verdugo Páez
in 2014 [✧]. This interesting taxon occurs exclusively in the Sierra Bermeja massif north of the town of Estepona in approximate altitude range from
400 to 1300 m. So far, it has been located in two 10 × 10 km UTM grids only (30SUF03 and 30SUF04). Antonio Verdugo Páez proposed in 1993 the use of the name
Iberodorcadion nigrosparsum Pic, 1941 for Iberodorcadion individuals from the Sierra Bermeja (but Pic's type specimen was not available at the time) [❖]. However, after
an additional comparison of Pic's specimen with Sierra Bermeja dorcadions, it turned out that Pic's one is only a variety of
I. mucidum mucidum (Dalman, 1817) and the specimens caught in the Sierra Bermeja represent a completely different,
as yet undescribed Iberodorcadion taxon [✧][✳].
| Body length: | 12 - 19 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April - June |
| Host plant: | roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae |
| Distribution: | an endemic species to Sierra Bermeja massif (Málaga province, South Spain) |
The depicted female beetle was reared from larva found in Sierra Bermeja (1000 m a.s.l., Málaga province, Andalusia, Spain) in May, 2011.
Collected by Antonio Verdugo Páez
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Verdugo Páez A.:
Acerca de la verdadera identidad de Dorcadion mucidum var. nigrosparsum Pic, 1941, descripción de Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) chiqui n. sp.
y rehabilitación de Dorcadion parmeniforme Escalera, 1902 (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Dorcadionini).
Revista gaditana de Entomología 5 (1): 159-174, 2014.
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Verdugo Páez A.:
Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) nigrosparsum bona specie (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín del Grupo Entomológico de Madrid 6: 69-95, 1993.
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[✳]
Verdugo Páez A.:
Estudio taxonómico sobre el complejo de especies próximas a Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum (Dalman, 1817) en la península ibérica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)..
Revista gaditana de Entomología 11: 39-53, 2020.
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