Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) pelidnum was described from Alexandrovskii Range near Tokmak (nowadays Kyrgyz Ala Range near Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan) by Bassili Evgrafovitch Jakovlev in 1906 [❖].

Body length:	♂♂ 18-21.1 mm / ♀♀ 20.6-21.5 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	May - June
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grasses
Distribution:	endemic species to Kyrgyzstan

The depicted beetle was collected in Orlovka environs (1800 m a.s.l., Kemin District, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan) on May 14, 2000.

Collected by A.Subankulov

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Jakovlev B.E.:
Species review of the subgenus Compsodorcadion Ganglb. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Revue Russe d'Entomologie, Saint-Petersbourg 6 (1-2): 32-48, 1906. [download ]

Danilevsky M.L..:
Review of Dorcadion (s. str.) species from upper level of Chu-river valley and allied territories (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Coléoptères 5 (3): 15-41, 1999. [download ]