Dorcadion (Carinatodorcadion) fulvum (Scopoli, 1763)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion fulvum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Body length:14 - 18 mm
Life cycle: 1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:Central Europe, Ukraine, Balcan peninsula


The beetle in these pictures was found running on the grassy fallow ground near Kamenica nad Hronom village (South Slovakia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Dorcadion fulvum
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Carinatodorcadion Breuning, 1943
Species: Dorcadion (Carinatodorcadion) fulvum (Scopoli, 1763)