var. villosladense (Escalera, 1902)
[= Dorcadion villosladense Escalera, 1902]
[= Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) neilense var. villosladense (Escalera, 1902)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) almarzense var. villosladense, an interesting Dorcadion known from mountain ranges of La Rioja, Segovia and Soria provinces (Castile and León region of Spain), has been originally described from Villoslada environs (Sierra Cebollera) as a Dorcadion villosladense by Martínez de la Escalera in 1902 [❖]. This taxon was later considered only a variety of Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) neilense (Escalera, 1902), but eventually it was considered as a variety of a reelevated species Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) almarzense (Escalera, 1902) [❖] by Mario Tomé in 2013 [✧].
Body length: 9 - 14 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - May Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae Distribution: an endemic species to Castile and León region (Spain)
The depicted beetles were collected in Puerto de Piqueras mountain pass environs (1460 m a.s.l., Soria province, Castile and León, Spain) on April 13, 2015.Collected by J. J. Garcia
[❖]
Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas M.:
Especies nuevas del género «Dorcadion».
Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 2: 278-291, 1902. [download]
[✧]
Tomé M.:
Rehabilitación de D. (I.) demandense Escalera, 1902 y D. (I.) almarzense Escalera, 1902 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Arquivos Entomolóxicos 8: 121-128, 2013. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) almarzense (Escalera, 1902) |
| Varietas | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) almarzense var. villosladense (Escalera, 1902) |