Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
[Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Typical habitats of Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) kapchagaicum, a species described by Mikhail Danilevsky in 1996 [✧], are clay semi-deserts in plains and grasslands in foothills at 700 m in Ili River valley from Bakanas in the west to Malai-Sary in the east, including Degeress Mts. in the north. Larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae). 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 are hidden under plants [❖].
Body length: ♂ 13 - 18 mm / ♀ 13 - 20 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: last decade of April - first decade o June Host plant: various grass species (Poaceae) Distribution: an endemic species to South-Eastern Kazakhstan (Ili River valley)
The depicted beetles were collected and photographed in grassland locality close to Ili River valley north of Kapshagay (Қапшағай) (610 m a.s.l., Almaty Region, South Kazakhstan) on April 25, 2015.Collected by Petr Jelínek
[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
New taxa of the genus Dorcadion Dalman from Asia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Lambillionea 96 (2) 2: 407-420, 1996. [download]
[❖]
Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp, 2013. [download
Dorcadion kapchagaicum ♂♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion kapchagaicum ♀♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion kapchagaicum ♂♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Acutodorcadion Danilevsky, Kasatkin & Rubenian, 2004 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Acutodorcadion) kapchagaicum Danilevsky, 1996 |