ssp. lukhtanovi Danilevsky, 1996
[= Compsodorcadion jakovlevianum Suvorov, 1911]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek & 8K postprocessing Michal Hoskovec]
Dorcadion gebleri, the largest known species of the Dorcadion-genus occuring in Kazakhstan and China (Xīnjiāng province), has been described by Gustav Kraatz in 1873 [✮]. Its subspecies D. gebleri lukhtanovi, described from Lake Zaysan Lake environ by Mikhail L. Danilevsky in 1996 [✧], is known from several localities eastwards from Lake Zaysan in North-Eeastern Kazakhstan. It occurs in the Kurchum Mountain ridge and in the surrounding foothill area. The larvae probably feed on the roots of Achnatherium species [❖]. The adults are active from late April to early June. According to Mikhail L. Danilevsky [✧], this taxon seems to be a transitional form between D. gebleri gebleri and Dorcadion (Dorcadion) cephalotes (Jakovlev, 1889).
Body length: ♂♂ 18 - 25 mm / ♀♀ 20.8 - 25.5 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: probably roots of needlegrass (Achnatherium spp., Stipeae, Poaceae) Distribution: an endemic species to East Kazakhstan
The depicted beetles were collected 2 km W of Karatogay (Қаратоғай) village (N48°23′41″ E84°26′55″; 500 m a.s.l., Kurshim district, East Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan) on May 7, 2015.Collected by Petr Jelínek
[✮]
Kraatz G.:
Die Käfer Europas. Nach der Natur beschrieben von Dr. G. Kraatz im Anschluss an die Käfer Europa's von Dr. H. C. Küster.
In: Küster, 1873. Die Käfer Europas nach der Natur beschrieben 29: 1-101, 1873. [download]
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
A revue of subspecific structure of Dorcadion (Compsodorcadion) gebleri Kraatz, 1873 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with description of two new subspecies.
Coleoptera. Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen 21: 1-8, 1996. [download[❖]
Karpiński L., Szczepański W.T., Plewa R., Walczak M., Hilszczański J., Kruszelnicki L., Łoś K., Jaworski T., Bidas M. & Tarwacki G.:
New data on the distribution, biology and ecology of the longhorn beetles from the area of South and East Kazakhstan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
ZooKeys 805: 59-126, 2018. [download
Dorcadion gebleri lukhtanovi ♂♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion gebleri lukhtanovi ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Dorcadion) gebleri Kraatz, 1873 |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Dorcadion) gebleri lukhtanovi Danilevsky, 1996 |