Body length:	♂♂ 11.3 - 12.2 mm / ♀♀ 12.4 - 13.6 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of grasses
Distribution:	an endemic species to Iran

The depicted mounted beetle was collected in environs of Kandelous village located on the foothill of the Alborz Mountain Range (Mazandaran province, Iran) on May 16, 2010.

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Danilevsky M.L.:
Two new species of the genus Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
Elytron 12: 49-54, 1998. [download ]