[= Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) albicans demandense (Escalera, 1902)]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIINI
[Photo © David Navrátil]
Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) demandense, a rare species with only relatively small area of occurence in North Spain (Sierra de Mencilla, Burgos province), was described by Martínez de la Escalera in 1902 [❖]. This taxon was later considered only a subspecies of Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) albicans, but eventually it was reelevated into species rank by Tomé in 2013 [✧].
Body length: 10 - 14 Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - May Host plant: roots of herbaceous plants and grass Distribution: species endemic to Spain
The depicted beetles were collected by I. Sarabia in Villamiel de la Sierra environs (Burgos province, Spain) on April 18, 2014.
[❖]
Martínez de la Escalera y Pérez de Rozas M.:
Especies nuevas del género «Dorcadion».
Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 2: 278-291, 1902. [download]
[✧]
Tomé M.:
Rehabilitación de D.(I.) demandense Escalera, 1902 y D.(I.) almarzense Escalera, 1902 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Arquivos Entomolóxicos 8: 121-128, 2013. [downloadTomé M.:
Nuevos datos sobre Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) demandense Escalera, 1902 en la Península Iberica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 46: 281-284, 2010. [downloadTomé M.:
Revisión y propuesta de sinonimia de los subgéneros Iberodorcadion, Hispanodorcadion y Baeticodorcadion (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 31: 77-81, 2002. [download
Subfamilia: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus: Dorcadiini Thomson, 1860
Genus: Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus: Iberodorcadion Pic, 1901
Species: Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) demandense Escalera, 1902