ssp. dejeanii (Chevrolat, 1862)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion segovianum, an endemic species to Central and Western Spain, has been described as Dorcadion segovianum from Escurial environs (Cáceres province) by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1862 [❖]. Its subspecies I. segovianum dejeanii, occuring in provinces Ávila and Salamanca, was described in the same publication from "Hispania" as separate species Dorcadion Dejeanii [❖]. However, it is currently considered to be a subspecies of I. segovianum.
Body length: 10 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: March - May Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae (Festuca, Nardus) [✧] Distribution: an endemic species of mountain ranges on the border of the provinces of Ávila and Salamanca (Spain)
The depicted beetle was collected in: ♂ - Puerto de Peñanegra (pass) environs (Sierra de Villafranca, Ávila province, Castille and León, Spain) on April 28, 1989; ♀ - Puerto del Tremedal (pass) environs (Sierra de Béjar, Ávila province, Castille and León, Spain) on April 5, 1989.Collected by J. Plaza and Angel Diéz
[❖]
Chevrolat L.A.A.:
Description d'espèces de Dorcadion d'Espagne.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 6: 337-348, 1862. [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. [downloaddel 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
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) segovianum (Chevrolat, 1862) |
| Subspecies | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) segovianum dejeanii (Chevrolat, 1862) |