Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIINI
Dorcadion grande ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Typical habitats of Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) grande are grasslands on piedmonts in middle part of northern macroslope of Zailyiskiy Alatau Mts. in altitudes 1 000 — 1 800 m (Заилийский Алатау, South-Eastern Kazakhstan). Larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae), including fescue (Festuca spp.). Adults feed on above-ground parts of the same plant species. In warm sunny weather, males are actively moving in search of virgin females. Females are less active and usually staying under plants. [❖]
Body length: 15 - 30 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: beginning of May - 1st half of June Host plant: larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae) Distribution: South-Eastern Kazakhstan
The depicted beetles were photographed in Kaskelen river valey (1 800 m, Zailyiskiy Alatau, Kazakhstan) on May 2015.Collected by P.Jelínek
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Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 2013, pp. 103.
ISBN: 9967456167
Dorcadion grande ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion grande ♀ [Photo © E.Rutjan]
Dorcadion grande ♂♀ [Photo © E.Rutjan]
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Acutodorcadion Danilevsky, Kasatkin & Rubenian, 2004
Species: Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) grande Jakovlev, 1906