Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) elegans Kraatz, 1873
[= Dorcadion viturati Pic, 1903]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © Petr Jelínek & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]

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Body length:	♂♂ 8.5 - 11.5 mm / ♀♀ 10 - 13 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	beginning of April - second decade of May
Host plant:	roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:	Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

Depicted beetles were collected in Chervona Khvylya village (Червона Хвиля; Velykyi Burluk District, Kharkov region, Ukraine) on April 19, 2014.

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Kraatz G.:
Die Käfer Europas. Nach der Natur beschrieben von Dr. G. Kraatz im Anschluss an die Käfer Europa's von Dr. H. C. Küster.
In Küster: Die Käfer Europas nach der Natur beschrieben 29: 1-101 [page 73], 1873. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) elegans Kraatz, 1873