Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) bravardi Pic, 1916
[= Dorcadion (Pedestredorcadion) etruscum bravardi Pic, 1916]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec, click on the picture for 4K resolution]

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Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) bravardi, a species occuring in Albania, North Greece and Macedonia, has been described from Thessaloniki environs by Maurice Pic in 1916 [❖].

Body length:	♂♂ 13.8 - 16.1 mm / ♀♀ 15.5 - 19.3 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae
Distribution:	Albania, Greece, Macedonia

The depicted beetles were collected in Sykourio (Συκούριο) village environs (370 m a.s.l., Mt. Ossa, Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece) on May 26-27, 2011.

Collected by D.Navrátil

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Pic M.:
Notes diverses, descriptions et diagnoses (Suite.).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 32 (378): 21-23, 1916. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [page 352], 1962. [download ]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini do Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148 (1): 35-83, 2007. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) bravardi Pic, 1916