Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion ferdinandi, an endemic species occuring in Andalusia (South Spain), has been described from Granada province as Dorcadion Ferdinandi by Manuel Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas in 1900 [❖]. Some interesting data about biology of the Iberodorcadion ferdinandi can be found in paper by Alberto del Saz Fucho from 2013 [▿]
Body length: 12 - 13 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses - Poaceae, Juncaceae (Ampelodesmos sp., Dactylis sp., Juncus acutus, Phalaris canariensis, Poa sp., Stipa sp., etc.) Distribution: Almería and Granada provinces (Andalusia, Spain)
Depicted mounted beetles were reared ex ovo in 2003. Parents collected in Galera environs (Granada province, Andalusia, Spain) in 2002.Collected by Antonio Verdugo
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Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas M.:
Descripciones de algunas nuevas especies de «Dorcadion».
Actas de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 29: 232-241, 1900. [download]
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del Saz Fucho A.:
Notas sobre el ciclo biológico de los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Asociación Entomológica de Asturias 6 (1): 1-17, 2013. [downloadBreuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pagea 556-557], 1962. [downloaddel Saz Fucho A., Zapata De La Vega J.L. and Simón Sorli A.:
Datos corológicos de los ejemplares del género Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) de la colección del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, España.
Revista gaditana de Entomología 4 (1): 21-48, 2013. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) ferdinandi (Escalera, 1900) |