Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) uhagonii (Pérez-Arcas, 1868)
ssp. uhagonii (Pérez-Arcas, 1868)
[= Dorcadion griseolineatum Pic, 1894]
[= Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) avilense Breuning, 1947]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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Iberodorcadion uhagonii, an endemic species to Central Spain, has been described from Teruel province (Aragon) as Dorcadion Uhagonii by Laureano Pérez-Arcas in 1868 [❖]. Its nominotypical subspecies, I. uhagonii uhagonii, is a relatively widely distributed taxon cited from various localities in the Cuenca, Guadalajara, Soria, Teruel and Zaragoza provinces. Thie beautiful beetle occurs in steppe habitats, although it also colonizes areas of relatively high altitude in the mountains ranges of Cuenca and Teruel [✮][▿][✧].

Body length:	13 - 17 mm
Life cycle:	1 - 2 years
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of grasses - Poaceae (Dactylis glomerata hispanica, Elymus repens, Stipa lagascae, Festuca spp.)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Central Spain

Depicted mounted beetles were reared from laravae feeding on Poaceae in Medicaneli environs (Soria province, Castile and León, Spain) on March 3, 2004.

Collected by J. Plaza

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[❖]
Pérez-Arcas L.:
Insectos nuevos o poco conocidos de la fauna española.
Actas de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 3: 81-85, 1868. [download ]

[✮]
del Saz Fucho A.:
Los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 de la Península Ibérica (I): Estudio Comparativo de algunas especies de la zona central peninsular (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40 (1): 397−408, 2007. [download ]

[▿]
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. [download ]

[✧]
del Saz Fucho A., Corraleño Iñarra A. and Murria Beltrán Á.:
Descripción de una nueva especie de Dorcadionini para la Comunidad de Aragón (España): Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) abantense sp. n. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 32 (3-4) [2015]: 51-64, 2016. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pagea 609-611], 1962. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943
Subgenus	Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976
Species	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) uhagonii (Pérez-Arcas, 1868)
Species	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) uhagonii uhagonii (Pérez-Arcas, 1868)