ssp. takyr Danilevsky, 1996
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion gebleri takyr ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gebleri, the largest known species of the Dorcadion-genus occuring in Kazakhstan and China (Xīnjiāng province), has been described by Gustav Kraatz in 1873 [✮]. Its subspecies D. gebleri takyr, described from north bank of Lake Zaysan Lake (Takyr environs) by Mikhail L. Danilevsky in 1996 [✧]. The larvae probably feed on the roots of Achnatherium species. The adults are active from late April to early June. According to Mikhail L. Danilevsky [✧], this taxon is morphologically and geographgically a transitional form between D. gebleri gebleri and D. gebleri lukhtanovi Danilevsky, 1996.
Body length: ♂♂ 19 - 24.4 mm / ♀♀ 22 - 24 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: probably roots of needlegrass (Achnatherium spp., Stipeae, Poaceae) Distribution: an endemic species to East Kazakhstan
The depicted beetles were collected in Takyr environs (N48°08′42″ E84°57′32″; 485 m a.s.l., Kurshim district, East Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan) on May 8, 2015.Collected by Petr Jelínek
[✮]
Kraatz G.:
Die Käfer Europas. Nach der Natur beschrieben von Dr. G. Kraatz im Anschluss an die Käfer Europa's von Dr. H. C. Küster.
In: Küster, 1873. Die Käfer Europas nach der Natur beschrieben 29: 1-101, 1873. [download]
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
A revue of subspecific structure of Dorcadion (Compsodorcadion) gebleri Kraatz, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with description of two new subspecies.
Coleoptera. Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen 21: 1-8, 1996. [download
Dorcadion gebleri takyr ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Dorcadion) gebleri Kraatz, 1873 |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Dorcadion) gebleri takyr Danilevsky, 1996 |