Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsii (Graëlls, 1858)
ssp. graellsii (Graëlls, 1858)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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[Photo © David Navrátil & 8K postprocessing M.Hoskovec]

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Iberodorcadion graellsii, an endemic species occuring in Spain, has been described from Madrid environs as Dorcadion graellsii by Mariano de la Paz Graëlls y de la Agüera in 1858 [❖]. Its nominotypical subspecies is known from communities of Madrid, Castilla–La Mancha and Castilla and León. The biology of I. graellsii and its developmental stages were in detail described in a great paper by José María Hernández De Miguel in 1991 [✧].

Body length:	10 - 14 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	April - June
Host plant:	roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae (e.g. Festuca fenas, Festuca iberica [▽])
Distribution:	an endemic taxon to Madrid, Castilla–La Mancha and Castilla and León (Spain)

The depicted beetles were found by a local collector in Puerto de Cotos (pass) environs (1830 m a.s.l, Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid province, Spain) on May 23, 2009 (♂) / May 28, 1994 (♀).

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[❖]
de la Paz Graëlls y de la Agüera M.:
Insectos nuevos de España descubiertos y descritos por el Dr. Don Mariano de la Paz Graëlls.
In Luján: Memorias de la Comisión del Mapa Geológico de España (año 1855). Parte Zoológica. Imprenta Nacional, Madrid: 36-112, 1858. [download ]

[✧]
Hernández De Miguel J.M.:
Notas sobre el ciclo biológico de Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsi (Graells, 1858). (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 15: 117-130, 1991. [download ]

[▽]
del Saz Fucho A.:
Notas sobre el ciclo biológico de los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 de la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae).
Asociación Entomológica de Asturias 6 (1): 1-17, 2013. [download ]

Breuning S.:
Revision der Dorcadionini (Col. Ceramb.)
Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 27: 666pp [pages 602-603], 1962. [download ]

del 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 ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943
Subgenus	Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976
Species	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsii (Graëlls, 1858)
Subspecies	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) graellsii graellsii (Graëlls, 1858)