Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) septemlineatum Waltl, 1838
ssp. septemlineatum Waltl, 1838
[= Dorcadion apicale Thomson, 1865]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) septemlineatum, a species occuring in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, has been described from Turkey by Joseph Waltl in 1838 [❖].

Body length:	11 - 15 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae
Distribution:	Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey

The depicted beetles were collected in upper parts of Smolikas (Σμόλικας) Mt. (2020 m a.s.l., Samarina environs, Pindus Mountains, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece) on June 8, 2011.

Collected by P.Kresl

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[❖]
Waltl J.:
Beyträge zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren der Türken.
Isis von Oken, Leipzig 31 (6): 449-472, 1838. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [page 310], 1962. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) septemlineatum Waltl, 1838
Subspecies	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) septemlineatum septemlineatum Waltl, 1838