Dorcadion (Carinatodorcadion) aethiops (Scopoli, 1763)
ssp. aethiops (Scopoli, 1763)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion aethiops aethiops
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]
Dorcadion aethiops aethiops
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]



Body length:14 - 20 mm
Life cycle: 1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine


The beetles in these pictures were collected in Kamenica nad Hronom (South Slovakia).

Collected by M.Hoskovec


Dorcadion aethiops aethiops
Dorcadion aethiops aethiops
[Photo © M.Hoskovec]

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