Dorcadion lativittis, a striking Dorcadion-species distributed in East Kazakhstan and Xīnjiāng province of China, has been described
from Tarbagatai Mts. (East Kazakhstan) by Gustav Kraatz in 1878 [✯]. Species occurs in clay semi-deserts, valleys and piedmonts under Manrak and Saur mountain ranges with sparse grass vegetation.
D. lativittis larvae feed on roots of various grass species (Poaceae). Adults feed on above-ground parts of the same host plants [✧].
| Body length: | 14 - 19 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April - May |
| Host plant: | roots of various grass species (Poaceae) |
| Distribution: | East Kazakhstan and North-Western China (Xīnjiāng province) |
The depicted male beetle was collected in Karatagai village environs (Zaysan Lake environs, Kazakhstan) on May 23, 1993.
Collected by Mikhail L. Danilevsky
[✯]
Kraatz G.:
Zwei neue sibirische Dorcadion.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 22 (1): 219-221, 1878.
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[✧]
Toropov S.A., Milko D.A.:
Longhorns of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
SatEnto, Bishkek, 103pp, 2013.
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