Dorcadion taldykurganum, an endemic species of South-East Kazakhstan, has been described as Dorcadion suvorovi taldykurganus from Taldykorgan environs
(Kyzylzhar Mts. range, South-East Kazakhstan) range by Mikhail Leontievich Danilevsky in 1996 [✯]. To the species level it was elevated by the same author in 2023 [❖].
This taxon, very close to Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) suvorovi (Jakovlev, 1906), occurs in a dry hills around town Taldykorgan. D. taldykurganum larvae feed on roots of various
grass species (Poaceae).
| Body length: | ♂♂ 14 – 18 mm / ♀♀ 14 – 20 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April – May |
| Host plant: | roots of various grass species (Poaceae) |
| Distribution: | an endemic species of South-East Kazakhstan |
The depicted male beetle (17 mm) was collected in Taldykorgan (Талдықорған) environs
(N45°2′8″ E78°31′3″; 734 m a.s.l., Kemin district, Jetisu region, Kazakhstan) on April 20, 2025.
Collected by Maxim E. Smirnov
[✯]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Review of Dorcadion Dalman of "acutispinum-group" from Kazakhstan with the descriptions of some new taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 96 (3): 455-462, 1996.
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[❖]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 3.
International Academy of Education, Moscow, 874pp [page 220], 2023 [ISBN: 978-5-604-8964-8-8].
