ssp. cinereum (Escalera, 1901)
[= Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) auripenne Escalera, 1908]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]
Iberodorcadion graellsii, an endemic species occuring in Spain, has been described from Madrid environs as Dorcadion graellsii by Mariano de la Paz Graëlls y de la Agüera in 1858 [❖]. Its subspecies cinereum, known from Sierra de Guadarrama, was described from Robregordo (Community of Madrid) as Dorcadion Graellsi cinereum by Manuel Martínez de la Escalera in 1901 [✧].
Body length: 10 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae Distribution: an endemic taxon to Sierra de Guadarrama (communities of Madrid and Castilla & León; Spain)
The depicted beetles were collected in Somosierra pass environs (Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid province, Community of Madrid, Spain) on January 21, 1984.Collected by J.Plaza
[❖]
de la Paz Graëlls y de la Agüera M.:
Insectos nuevos de España descubiertos y descritos por el Dr. Don Mariano de la Paz Graëlls.
In Luján: Memorias de la Comisión del Mapa Geológico de España (año 1855). Parte Zoológica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid: 36-112, 1858. [download]
[✧]
Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas M.:
Especies españolas del género Dorcadion Dalm..
Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 1: 78-88, 1901. [downloadBreuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 606-607], 1962. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsii (Graëlls, 1858) |
| Subspecies | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsii cinereum (Escalera, 1901) |