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Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) optatum Jakovlev, 1906
ssp. matthieseni Suvorov, 1910

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion optatum matthieseni
[Photo © P.Jelínek & M.Hoskovec]




Body length: ♂♂ 13 - 21.5 mm / ♀♀ 14.5 - 23.1 mm
Life cycle: 1 year
Adults in:April - May
Host plant:roots of grasses
Distribution:Kyrgyzstan


The depicted beetle was collected in Chon Aryk village environs (900 m, Kirgizskiy Ridge, Kyrgyzstan) on April 20, 2001.


Danilevsky M.L.:
Review of Dorcadion (s. str.) species from the upper Chu-Valley and allied territories (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Coléoptères, Paris 5 (3): 15-41, 1999. [download pdf icon]


Danilevsky M.L.:
New data on Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of middle Chu-river basin in Kazakhstan and Kirgizia.
Humanity Space - International Almanac 1 Suppl. (11): 4-46, 2012. [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Acutodorcadion Danilevsky, Kasatkin & Rubenian, 2004
Species: Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) optatum Jakovlev, 1906
Subspecies: Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) optatum matthieseni Suvorov, 1910