Dorcadion (Politodorcadion) politum Dalman, 1823
ssp. shapovalovi (Danilevsky, 2006)
[= Politodorcadion politum shapovalovi Danilevsky, 2006]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil]

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Dorcadion politum shapovalovi was described by Mikhail Danilevsky from Orenburg region (South Ural Mts., Russia) in 2006 [❖]. This biggest subspecies of Dorcadion politum is distributed from the south of Orenburg Region (but does not penetrate northwards Ural River) south-eastwards to Aral Sea in Kazakhstan [✧].

Body length:	♂♂ 16-22.7 mm / ♀♀ 16-25.5 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	late April-May
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:	Russia, Kazakhstan

The depicted beetles were collected in Shybyndy river environs (Troitsk village environs, Solletsk district, Orenburg region, Russia) on May 5, 2011.

Collected by Yu. Shevnin

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[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Four new Dorcadionini taxa from South Urals (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Les cahiers Magellanes 54: 1-20, 2006. [download ]

[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
A new subspecies of Politodorcadion politum (Dalman, 1823) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Omsk Region of Russia.
Humanity space - International Almanac 9 (2): 103-111, 2020. [download ]

Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp, 2013. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Politodorcadion Danilevsky, 1996
Species	Dorcadion (Politodorcadion) politum Dalman, 1823
Subspecies	Dorcadion (Politodorcadion) politum shapovalovi (Danilevsky, 2006)