Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) demandense (Escalera, 1902)
[= Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) albicans demandense (Escalera, 1902)]

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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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 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - May
Host plant:	roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae
Distribution:	an endemic species to Burgos province of Spain

The depicted beetles were collected by I. Sarabia in Villamiel de la Sierra environs (Burgos province, Spain) on April 18, 2014.

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[❖]
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 ]

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Tomé M.:
Rehabilitación de D.(I.) demandense Escalera, 1902 y D.(I.) almarzense Escalera, 1902 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Arquivos Entomolóxicos 8: 121-128, 2013. [download ]

Tomé 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. [download ]

Tomé 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 ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943
Subgenus	Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976
Species	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) demandense (Escalera, 1902)