Dorcadion suvorovi, an endemic species to South-East Kazakhstan, has been decribed from Jarkent (Жаркент) environs (Kazakhstan) by Vasiliy Ewgrafowitsch Jakovlev in 1906 [❖].
The nominotypical subspecies, D. suvorovi suvorovi, occurs in middle level of Usek river valley in Dzungarian Alatau mountain range. The adults are
very numerous on grassland terraces along right bank of the river. D. suvorovi suvorovi larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae) [✯][✳].
| Body length: | ♂♂ 14.5 – 19.8 mm / ♀♀ 14.6 – 24.1 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April – May |
| Host plant: | roots of various grass species (e.g. Festuca, Stipa) |
| Distribution: | an endemic species of South-East Kazakhstan |
The depicted male beetle (18 mm) was collected in Taldy (Талды) village environs (Usek river valley
(N45°2′8″ E78°31′3″; 734 m a.s.l., Panfilov district, Jetisu region, Kazakhstan) on April 19, 2025.
Collected by Maxim E. Smirnov
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Jakovlev V.E.:
Новые виды Compsodorcadion из русской фауны (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
[ Nouvelles espèces de Compsodorcadion de la faune de la Russie (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). ]
Revue Russe d'Entomologie / Русское энтомологическое обозрение6 (1-2): 274-280, 1906.
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Review of Dorcadion Dalman of "acutispinum-group" from Kazakhstan with the descriptions of some new taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 96 (3): 455-462, 1996.
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Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp [page 32], 2013.
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 3.
International Academy of Education, Moscow, 874pp, 2023 [ISBN: 978-5-604-8964-8-8].
