Dorcadion urmianum, a rare species known from North-West Iran and East Turkey, has been described from Lake Urmia environs (Iran) by Nikolai Plavilstshikov in 1937 [❖].
| Body length: | 15 - 16 mm |
| Life cycle: | 1 year |
| Adults in: | April - June |
| Host plant: | roots of herbaceous plants and grass |
| Distribution: | North-West Iran, East Turkey |
The depicted male beetle was collected in Hakkâri environs (Hakkâri province, Turkey).
Collected by Denis G. Kasatkin
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Plavilstshikov N.N.:
Descriptions des espèces nouvelles de genres Dorcadion Dalm. et Neodorcadion Ganglb. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Sborník Entomologického Oddeliní Národního Musea v Praze 15 (143): 25-34, 1937.
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Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [page 474], 1962.
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