ssp. mucidum (Dalman, 1817)
[= Dorcadion annulicorne Chevrolat, 1862]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion mucidum mucidum, one of the most elegant Iberodorcadion species known from South Spain, was described as Lamia (Dorcadion) mucida by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1817 [▽]. Adults of this species can be found hidden under stones or inside tufts of the host plants. The reported nocturnal activity of I. mucidum is a unique behavior among all taxa of the genus Iberodorcadion [❖]. The taxonomy of the I. mucidum taxa-cluster was well described in the work of Antonio Verdugo Páez in 2020 [★].
Body length: 14 - 24 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae (Helictotrichon filifolium, Stipa capensis, Stipa tenacissima ✧) Distribution: an endemic species to South Spain (Andalusia, Castilla – La Mancha, Comunidad Valenciana, Murcia)
The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ - Volcán de La Celia (Jumilla environs, Región de Murcia, Spain) on December 7, 2002; ♀ - El Carche Mts. (Jumilla environs, Región de Murcia, Spain) on July 1, 1998.Collected by J.Plaza and J.L.Lencina
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J.W. Dalman in Schönherr C.J.:
Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Descriptiones Novarum Specierum Insectorum.
Scaris, Lewerentziana 1 (3): 1-266, 1817. [download]
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del Saz Fucho A., Zapata De La Vega J.L. and Simón Sorli A.:
Datos corológicos de los ejemplares del género Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) de la colección del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, España.
Revista gaditana de Entomología 4 (1): 21-48, 2013. [download[✧]
del Saz Fucho A.:
Notas sobre el ciclo biológico de los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Asociación Entomológica de Asturias 6 (1): 1-17, 2013. [download[★]
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. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Baeticodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum (Dalman, 1817) |
| Subspecies | Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum mucidum (Dalman, 1817) |