Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) xerophilum Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2007

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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Dorcadion xerophilum ♂  [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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This small and inconspicuous to Greece endemic Dorcadion species was described by Carlo Pesarini & Andrea Sabbadini in 2007 [❖] from Trikala region (Νομός Τρικάλων, Thessaly, Greece).

Body length:	♂♂ 7.5-10.1 mm / ♀♀ 9.2-11.0 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots of grasses
Distribution:	an endemic species to Greece

The depicted beetles were photographed in Meteora (Greece).

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Pesarini C. and Sabbadini A.:
Ricerche sui Dorcadiini do Grecia. II. Le specie della Grecia centromeridionale e quelle del gruppo di Dorcadion kozanii (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148 (1): 85-83, 2007. [download ]

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Dorcadion xerophilum ♂  [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Dorcadion xerophilum ♀  [Photo © P.Jelínek]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Dorcadion Dalman, 1817
Subgenus	Cribridorcadion Pic, 1901
Species	Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) xerophilum Pesarini & Sabbadini, 2007