ssp. abulense (Lauffer, 1902)
[= Dorcadion granulosum Pic, 1904]
[= Dorcadion umbripenne Escalera, 1908]
[= Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) puncticolle Breuning, 1944]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion abulense abulense, an endemic species to Central Spain, has been described from Ávila province as Dorcadion abulense by Jorge Lauffer in 1902 [❖]. This beautiful beetle represents taxon with an extraordinary morphological diversity in coloration.
Body length: 10 - 16 mm Life cycle: 1 - 2 years Adults in: March - May Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae Distribution: an endemic species to Central Spain (Castile and León: Ávila province)
Depicted mounted beetles were collected in Puerto de la Paramera pass (1395 m a.s.l., Sierra de la Paramera, Ávila province, Castile and León, Spain) on April 16, 2011.Collected by J. Navarro
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Lauffer J.:
Vorläufige Diagnose eines neuen spanischen Dorcadion.
Societas Entomologica 14: 105, 1902. [download]
del Saz Fucho A.:
Los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 “incertae sedis” de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35: 163-170, 2004. [downloadBreuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 567-573], 1962. [downloaddel Saz Fucho A., Zapata De La Vega J.L. and Simón Sorli A.:
Datos corológicos de los ejemplares del género Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) de la colección del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, España.
Revista gaditana de Entomología 4 (1): 21-48, 2013. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) abulense (Lauffer, 1902) |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) abulense abulense (Lauffer, 1902) |