Dorcadion lineatocolle, a species distributed in Balcan penisula (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia), has been described from Thessaloniki environs (Greece) as Dorcadion femoratum var. lineatocolle by Gustav Kraatz in 1873 [❖].

Body length:	♂♂ 9.8 - 14.0 mm / ♀♀ 10.6 - 14.9 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - May
Host plant:	roots of herbaceous plants and grass
Distribution:	Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia

The depicted mounted beetle (11.7 mm) was collected on the ground in low vegetation in Boboshticë village environs (1035 m a.s.l., Korçë municipality, Korçë county, Southern Albania region, Albania) on April 22, 2018.

Collected by Hans Mühle

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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: Die Käfer Europas nach der Natur beschrieben 29: 1-101 [page 57], 1873. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 1-666, 1962. [download ]

Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadionini di Grecia IV. Le specie della Macedonia e della Tracia (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 151 (2): 179-216, 2010. [download ]