ssp. fumidum Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2010
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion gallipolitanum fumidum ♂ [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 fumidum endemic to North-Eastern Greece, has been described from Egiros (Rhodope district, Thrace, Greece) by Carlo Pesarini and Andrea Sabbadini in 2010 [❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 9.2-13.0 mm / ♀♀ 10.0-14.4 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses Distribution: an endemic subspecies to NE Greece
The depicted beetles were photographed by Petr Jelínek near Komotini (Rhodope district, Thrace, Greece) on April 4, 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]
[❖]
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. [downloadBreuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 322-328], 1962. [download
Dorcadion gallipolitanum fumidum ♂♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gallipolitanum fumidum - autochromic ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gallipolitanum fumidum - androchromic ♀♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) gallipolitanum Thomson, 1867 |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) gallipolitanum fumidum Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2010 |