[= Dorcadion obesum Tournier, 1872]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]
Dorcadion striolatum, a Caucasian/Transcaucasian species known from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey, has been described from "Caucasus" by Gustav Kraatz in 1873 [❖].
Body length: ♂♂ 12 - 19 mm / ♀♀ 14 - 21 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - July Host plant: roots of grasses (Poaceae) Distribution: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Turkey
The living beetles were photographed in Atskuri fortress (აწყურის ციხე) environs (Atskuri, Akhaltsikhe municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, SW Georgia) on May 9, 2016. Depicted mounted beetles were collected in Kaspi (კასპი) environs (Shida Kartli region, central Georgia) on April 17, 2014.Collected by Petr Jelínek and I. G. Plyushch
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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 93], 1873. [download]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666 [pages 297-298], 1962. [download
Dorcadion striolatum ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion striolatum ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion sulcipenne Küster, 1847 |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) striolatum Kraatz, 1873 |