[= Dorcadion lederi Kraatz, 1878]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion auratum, a very rare and local species known only from Georgia and Armenia, has been described from Surami environs (Shida Kartli region, Georgia) by Henri Tournier in 1872 [❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 10 - 13 mm / ♀♀ 11 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - May Host plant: roots of grasses (Poaceae) Distribution: Armenia, Georgia
The mounted beetles (male, androchromic female and autochromic female) were collected in Kaspi (კასპი) environs on April 17, 2014. Depicted living beetles were collected in Uplistsikhe (უფლისციხე) on May 11, 2016. Both localities are situated in Shida Kartli region of Eastern Georgia.Collected by Petr Jelínek
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Tournier T.:
Catalogue des Longicornes récoltés par M. Théophile Deyrolle, en Imerétie, Mingrélie et Géorgie, et description des espèces nouvelles.
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée, Paris (2) 23: 276-292, 1872. [download]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666 [pages 291-292], 1962. [download
[Photo © Petr Jelínek & Michal Hoskovec]
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) auratum Tournier, 1872 |