Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) equestre was described from Southern Russia as Cerambyx equestis by Erich Laxmann in 1770 [❖]. Its rare subspecies D. equestre bisuturale, known from SE Bulgaria and Greece (Macedonia), has been described from NE Greece as Dorcadion equestre var. bisuturale by Czech entomologist Štĕpán Jureček in 1933 [✧].

Body length:	14 - 20 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:	Bulgaria, Greece

The depicted male beetle was collected in Ski centre in Volakas (Βώλακας) environs (Falakro Oros Mt., Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece) on May 8-10, 20214.

Collected by P.Turek

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[❖]
Laxmann E.:
Novae Insectorum species.
Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14 (1): 593-604, 1770. [download ]

[✧]
Jureček Š.:
Noví Tesaříci Pal. Fauny. Neue Cerambyciden der Pal. Fauna.
Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické, Praha 30 (3): 127-130, 1933. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 302-309], 1962. [download ]