Dorcadion (Maculatodorcadion) quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848
ssp. quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion quadrimaculatum quadrimaculatum
[Photo © Petr Jelínek & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]



Dorcadion quadrimaculatum, a striking and rare Dorcadion known from Greece and Turkey, has been described by Heinrich Küster in 1848 [❖].

Body length:13 - 17 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:Greece, Turkey [✧]


The depicted beetle was collected on the ground in low vegetation in Sapka Mts. (Rodopi Regional Unit, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region, Greece).


[❖]
Küster H.C.:
Die Käfer Europa's. Nach der Natur beschrieben. Mit Beiträgen mehrerer Entomologen.
Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe (Julius Merz) 15: № 1-100, 1848. [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]

Berger P.:
Contribution à la connaissance de la faune de Grèce: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. 3ème note
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 22: 81-96, 2005. [download pdf icon]



 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDorcadionini Swainson, 1840
GenusDorcadion Dalman, 1817
SubgenusMaculatodorcadion Breuning, 1942
SspeciesDorcadion (Maculatodorcadion) quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848
SubspeciesDorcadion (Maculatodorcadion) quadrimaculatum quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848