ssp. equestre (Laxmann, 1770)
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) equestre, one of the of the most ornate Cribridorcadion species (occuring in Russia, Ukraine and Georgia), has been described from Southern Russia as Cerambyx equestis by Erich Laxmann in 1770 [❖].
Body length: 13 - 21 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses (Poaceae) Distribution: Russia (Central and Southern European Territory), Georgia, Ukraine
The depicted mounted beetles were collected in Khodosivka (Ходосівка) village environs (Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine) on May 7, 2010. The living beetles were photographed on the Don river bank 3 km N Kalach-on-the-Don (Кала́ч-на-Дону́) environs (Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Southern Federal District, Russia) on April 25, 2009.Collected by R.Gerasimov
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Laxmann E.:
Novae Insectorum species.
Novi commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14 (1): 593-604, 1770. [download]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 302-309], 1962. [download
[Photo © Yevgeniy V. Komarov]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) equestre (Laxmann, 1770) |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) equestre equestre (Laxmann, 1770) |