Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) pantherinum Jakovlev, 1899
ssp. pantherinum Jakovlev, 1899

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

Dorcadion pantherinum, an endemic species to Kazakhstan, has been decribed from Kazaly environs (Kazakhstan) by Vasiliy Ewgrafowitsch Jakovlev in 1899 [✱]. The nominotypical subspecies, D. pantherinum pantherinum, occurs in the southern part of Betpak-Dala desert (Chulak-Espe) and sands to the south of the western part of Balkhash Lake (Aksuek).

Body length:18 - 21 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - May
Host plant:larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae)
Distribution:an endemic species to Kazakhstan


The depicted beetles were collected in South Kazakhstan in May 2015.

Collected by Petr Jelínek


[✱]
Jakovlev V.E.:
Quelques nouvelles espèces du sous-genre Compsodorcadion Ganglb.
Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, St. Petersbourg 33 (1-2): 147-155, 1899. [download pdf icon]

Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp, 2013. [download pdf icon]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 209-210], 1962. [download pdf icon]


Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum
Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum
Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum
Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum
Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum[Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDorcadionini Swainson, 1840
GenusDorcadion Dalman, 1817
SubgenusAcutodorcadion Danilevsky, Kasatkin & Rubenian, 2004
SpeciesDorcadion (Acutodorcadion) pantherinum Jakovlev, 1899
SubspeciesDorcadion (Acutodorcadion) pantherinum pantherinum Jakovlev, 1899