ssp. ljubetense Pic, 1909
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense, a widely distributed Balcan Dorcadion-species known from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro, has been described from Ljuboten Mt. environs (Šar Mountains on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia) by Maurice Pic in 1909 [✧]. Its nominotypical subspecies, D. ljubetense ljubetense, occurs in mountains in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro.
Body length: 11 - 15 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses (Poaceae) Distribution: Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro
The depicted beetles were photographed in alpine meadows of Mavrovo national park (Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality, Polog statistical region, North Macedonia) on May 18, 2013.
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Pic M.:
Descriptions ou diagnoses et notes diverses - Suite.
L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 25 (291): 113-115, 1909. [download]
Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 247-248], 1962. [downloadPesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini di Grecia. III. Le specie di Neodorcadion Ganglbauer, 1884, quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion ljubetense e descrizione della nuova specie Dorcadion ariannae (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 149 (I): 109-124, 2008. [download
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
Dorcadion ljubetense ljubetense ♂+♀ [Photo © Petr Jelínek]
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Dorcadion Dalman, 1817 |
| Subgenus | Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901 |
| Species | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense Pic, 1909 |
| Subspecies | Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) ljubetense ljubetense Pic, 1909 |