Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion nivosum ♂ [Photo © E.Rutjan]
Typical habitats of Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) nivosum are steppe stony slopes and valleys in foothills with grass vegetation at 1 300 - 1 400 m. Species is distributed in foothills of southern macroslope of Dzhungar Mts. SE of Burkhan—Sarytau mountain massif, valley of Tyshkan River and environs of Sary-Bel village (South-Eastern Kazakhstan). Larvae feed on roots of grass species (Poaceae). Imagoes feed on above-ground parts of the same plants. In warm sunny weather, males are actively move in search of virgin females. Females are less active and usually staying under plants. [❖]
Body length: ♂ 16 - 22 mm / ♀ 19 - 26 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: 3rd decade of April - 1st decade of June Host plant: larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae) Distribution: South-Eastern Kazakhstan
The depicted beetle was photographed near Sarymbel (Сарымбель) village (SE Kazakhstan) by our friend Evgeniy Rutjan.
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Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp, 2013. [download]
Dorcadion nivosum ♀ [Photo © E.Rutjan]
Subfamilia Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 Tribus Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 Genus Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 Subgenus Acutodorcadion Danilevsky, Kasatkin et Rubenian, 2004 Species Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) nivosum (Suvorov, 1913)