Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense Pic, 1909
ssp. ljubetense Pic, 1909

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]

Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense, a widely distributed Balcan Dorcadion-species known from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro, has been described from Ljuboten Mt. environs (Šar Mountains on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia) by Maurice Pic in 1909 [✧]. Its nominotypical subspecies, D. ljubetense ljubetense, occurs in mountains in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Body length:11 - 15 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro


The depicted beetles were photographed in alpine meadows of Mavrovo national park (Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality, Polog statistical region, North Macedonia) on May 18, 2013.


[✧]
Pic M.:
Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses - Suite.
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 25 (291): 113-115, 1909. [download pdf icon]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 247-248], 1962. [download pdf icon]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. III. Le specie di Neodorcadion Ganglbauer, 1884, quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion ljubetense e descrizione della nuova specie Dorcadion ariannae (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149 (I): 109-124, 2008. [download pdf icon]


Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♀  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂+♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDorcadionini Swainson, 1840
GenusDorcadion Dalman, 1817
SubgenusCribridorcadion Pic, 1901
SpeciesDorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense Pic, 1909
SubspeciesDorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense ljubetense Pic, 1909