[= Dorcadion jacobsoni Jakovlev, 1899]
[= Dorcadion apicipenne Jakovlev, 1899]
[= Dorcadion dsungaricum Pic, 1906]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion sokolovi ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Typical habitats of Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) sokolovi are stony foothills with low-herb grassy vegetation. Larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae), including fescue (Festuca spp.). Adults feed on above-ground parts of the same plant species. In warm sunny weather, males are actively moving in search of virgin females. Females are less active and usually staying under plants. [❖]
Body length: 10 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: last decade of April - second half of May. Host plant: larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae) Distribution: South-Eastern Kazakhstan, Kirghizia
The depicted beetles were collected and photographed in environs of Sarymbel (Сарымбель) village (1 800 m, Dzhungar Alatau south slopes, Kazakhstan) on May 2015.Collected by P.Jelínek
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Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 2013, pp. 103.
ISBN: 9967456167
[Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion sokolovi, 1× androchromic and 2× autochromic ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion sokolovi, ♂♀ [Photo © E.Rutjan]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) sokolovi Jakovlev, 1899