Neodorcadion virleti (Brullé, 1832)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Neodorcadion virleti, an endemic species to Greece, has been described as Dorcadion Virleti from "Morée" (Peloponnese) by Auguste Gaspard Brullé in 1832 [❖].

Body length:	♂♂ 8.7 - 14.2 mm / ♀♀ 10.2 - 16.0 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grasses
Distribution:	an endemic species to Greece (Peloponnese, Ionian Islands, Epirus and Aetolia-Acamania)

The depicted beetles were collected in: ♂ Chrousa (Χρούσα) village environs (560 m a.s.l., Megalopolis, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 21, 2018; ♀ Mount Erymanthos - Kalentzi (Καλέντζι) village environs (Stavrodromi, Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece) on May 17, 2006.

Collected by D.Navrátil and J.Plecháč

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[❖]
Brullé A.G.:
Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. - 1.re Partie. Zoologie. Deuxième Section. - Des animaux articulés..
F. G. Levrault, Paris 3(1/2): 1-400pp, 1832-1836. [download ]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. I. Le specie del Peloponneso (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145 (1): 133-153, 2004. [download ]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. III. Le specie di Neodorcadion Ganglbauer, 1884, quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion ljubetense e descrizione della nuova specie Dorcadion ariannae (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149 (1): 109-124, 2008. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Neodorcadion Ganglbauer, 1884
Species	Neodorcadion virleti (Brullé, 1832)