Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) gallipolitanum Thomson, 1867
ssp. atritarse Pic, 1931
[= Dorcadion breuningi Heyrovský, 1943]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]

Dorcadion gallipolitanum, a species occuring in North-Eastern Greece and European part of Turkey, has been described from Gallipoli (Turkey) by James Thomson in 1867 [✱]. Its supspecies, D. gallipolitanum atritarse endemic to North-Eastern Greece, has been described from Greece by Maurice Pic [❖].

Body length:♂♂ 10.3-13.4 mm / ♀♀ 12.1-15.5 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of grasses
Distribution:North-Eastern Greece


The depicted beetles were photographed by Petr Jelínek in Petrohori (5 km W of Xanthi, Thrace, Greece) on April 1, 2014.


[✱]
Thomson J.:
II. Révision de la sous-tribu des Dorcadionites (Famille des Cérambycides, insectes Coléoptères).
Physis Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1 (1): 10-84, 1867. [download pdf icon]

[❖]
Pic M.:
Notes diverses, nouveautés (Suite.).
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 47 (445): 9-10, 1931.


Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadionini di Grecia IV. Le specie della Macedonia e della Tracia (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 151 (2): 179-216, 2010. [download pdf icon]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 322-328], 1962. [download pdf icon]


Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse ♂♂  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse - autochromic ♀♀  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse
Dorcadion gallipolitanum atritarse - androchromic ♀♀  [Photo © Petr Jelínek]


 
SubfamiliaLamiinae Latreille, 1825
TribusDorcadionini Swainson, 1840
GenusDorcadion Dalman, 1817
SubgenusCribridorcadion Pic, 1901
SpeciesDorcadion (Cribridorcadion) gallipolitanum Thomson, 1867
SubspeciesDorcadion (Cribridorcadion) gallipolitanum atritarse Pic, 1931