Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) xerophilum Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2007
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion xerophilum ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion xerophilum ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion xerophilum ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIINI

Dorcadion xerophilum ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
This small and inconspicuous to Greece endemic Dorcadion species was described by Carlo Pesarini et Andrea Sabbadini in 2007 [❖] from Trikala region (Νομός Τρικάλων, Thessaly, Greece).
Body length: ♂♂ 7.5-10.1 mm / ♀♀ 9.2-11.0 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses Distribution: an endemic species to Greece
The depicted beetles were photographed in Meteora (Greece).
[❖]
Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini do Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148 (1): 85-83, 2007. [download]


Dorcadion xerophilum ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]



Dorcadion xerophilum ♀ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) xerophilum Pesarini et Sabbadini, 2007