Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) purkynei Heyrovský, 1925

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

Body length:♂♂ 12.7 - 15.2 mm / ♀♀ 14.1-16.2 mm
Life cycle:1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of grasses (Poaceae)
Distribution:Macedonia, Greece


The depicted beetles were photographed in Voras Mts. (North Greece).


Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. III. Le specie di Neodorcadion Ganglbauer, 1884, quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion ljubetense e descrizione della nuova specie Dorcadion ariannae (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149 (I): 109-124, 2008. [download pdf icon]

Dorcadion purkynei
Dorcadion purkynei ♂  [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion purkynei
Dorcadion purkynei
Dorcadion purkynei
Dorcadion purkynei ♀♀  [Photo © P.Jelínek]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) purkynei Heyrovský, 1925