[= Dorcadion Purkyněi Heyrovský, 1925]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
Dorcadion purkynei ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) purkynei, a rare endemic species to Kajmakčalan/Voras range on Greek - North Macedonian borders, has been described as Dorcadion Purkyněi by Leopold Heyrovský in 1925 [✧].
Body length: ♂♂ 12.7 - 15.2 mm / ♀♀ 14.1-16.2 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots of grasses (Poaceae) Distribution: an endemic species to Kajmakčalan/Voras range (North Macedonia, Greece)
The depicted beetles were photographed close to Voras Ski Center (Kajmakčalan/Voras range, Central Macedonia, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece) on May 22, 2013.
[✧]
Heyrovský L.:
Popisy nových evropských tesaříků. Descriptions des Cérambycides nouveaux de l'Europe.
Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické 22 (3-4): 45-47, 1925. [download]
Pesarini 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 purkynei ♂ [Photo © P.Jelínek]
Dorcadion purkynei ♀♀ [Photo © P.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) purkynei Heyrovský, 1925 |