Dorcadion (Maculatodorcadion) quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion quadrimaculatum
[Photo © P.Jelínek]



Body length:13 - 17 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:May - June
Host plant:roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:Greece, Turkey [❖]


The depicted beetle was collected on the ground in low vegetation in Sapka environs (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region, Greece).


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Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666, 1962. [download pdf icon]


Berger P.:
Contribution à la connaissance de la faune de Grèce: Coleoptera, Cerambycidae. 3ème note
Biocosme Mésogéen, Nice 22: 81-96, 2005. [download pdf icon]


Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Maculatodorcadion Breuning, 1942
Species: Dorcadion (Maculatodorcadion) quadrimaculatum Küster, 1848