Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) smyrnense (Linnaeus, 1757)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion smyrnense
[Photo © P.Jelínek & M.Hoskovec]



Body length:9 - 11 mm
Life cycle: 1 year
Adults in:April - June
Host plant:roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:Turkey [❖]


The depicted beetle was collected by our friend Zdeněk Košťál in Bergama environs (İzmir province, Turkey) on May 1, 1994.


[❖]
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]

Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) smyrnense (Linnaeus, 1757)