Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) obenbergeri Heyrovský, 1940
[= Dorcadion ljubetense subsp. Obenbergeri Heyrovský, 1940]
[= Dorcadion ljubetense subsp. Mařani Heyrovský, 1940]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri ♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]

Dorcadion obenbergeri
[Photo © Sergei O. Kakunin, click on the picture for 4K resolution]



Dorcadion obenbergeri, a rare endemic species known only from Vermio (Βέρμιο) mountain range (Northern Greece), has been described from Vermio as Dorcadion ljubetense subsp. Obenbergeri by Leopold Heyrovský in 1940 [✧]. To species rank it was elevated by Stephen Breuning in 1962 [❖].

Body length:♂♂ 10.5 - 13.6 mm / ♀♀ 12.1-14.8 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:a species endemic to North Greece (Vermio Mts.)


The depicted living beetles were photographed in Vermio Mountains (Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece) on May 27, 2013. The mounted male (13 mm) was collected in Ski centre located 2 km SW of Kato Vermio-Seli (Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece) on June 9, 2011.

Collected by Petr Jelínek and local collector


[✧]
Heyrovský L.:
Nové formy Dorcadií z Řecka / Neue Dorcadion-Formen aus Griechenland (Col., Ceramb.).
Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické 37: 58-60, 1940. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666, 1962. [download pdf icon]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini do Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148 (1): 85-83, 2007. [download pdf icon]


Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri ♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri
Dorcadion obenbergeri ♀  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDorcadionini Swainson, 1840
GenusDorcadion Dalman, 1817
SubgenusCribridorcadion Pic, 1901
SpeciesDorcadion (Cribridorcadion) obenbergeri Heyrovský, 1940