[= Dorcadion suturatum Ferrari, 1865]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion nitidum ♂ [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) nitidum, one of widely distributed Caucasian Dorcadion species occuring in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey, has been described from Armenia by Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky in 1838 [❖].
Body length: 10 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: May - June Host plant: roots of grasses Distribution: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey
The depicted beetles were collected in alpine meadows near village Semyonovka (Սեմյոնովկա) in altitude 2200-2400 m (6 km SE of Dilijan; borders between Gegharkunik and Tavush provinces, Armenia) on June 3, 2012.Collected by Michal Hoskovec
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Motschulsky V.I.:
Coléoptères du Caucase et des Provinces Transcaucasiennes, recueillis et décrits par T. Victor.
Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 11 (2): 175-188, 1838. [download]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.).
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666, 1962 [pages 500-501]. [download
Dorcadion nitidum ♂ [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
Dorcadion nitidum ♀ [Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) nitidum Motschulsky, 1838 |