ssp. rondense Verdugo, 2003
[= Iberodorcadion mucidum rondensis Verdugo, 2003]
Subfamilia: LAMIINAE / Tribus: DORCADIONINI
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Iberodorcadion mucidum, one of the most elegant Iberodorcadion species known from South Spain, was described as Lamia (Dorcadion) mucida by Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1817 [▽]. Its Andalusian subspecies I. mucidum rondense, occuring in Cádiz and Malaga provinces, has been described by Antonio Verdugo Páez in 2003 [✧]. Adults of this taxon can be found hidden under stones or inside tufts of the host plants. The reported nocturnal activity of I. mucidum is a unique behavior among all taxa of the genus Iberodorcadion [❖]. The taxonomy of the I. mucidum taxa-cluster was well described in the work of Antonio Verdugo Páez in 2020 [★].
Body length: 14 - 24 mm Life cycle: 1 year Adults in: April - June Host plant: roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae (Helictotrichon filifolium, Stipa capensis, Stipa tenacissima ✧) Distribution: an endemic species to Andalusia (Cádiz and Malaga provinces, South Spain)
The depicted beetles were reared from larvae found in: ♂ - Puerto de Las Palomas pass (Sierra de Grazalema, Cádiz province, Andalusia, Spain) on July 12, 2002; ♀ - La Torrecilla Mt. (Sierra de las Nieves, Málaga province, Andalusia, Spain) on March 1, 2003.Collected by Antonio Verdugo Páez
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J.W. Dalman in Schönherr C.J.:
Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Descriptiones Novarum Specierum Insectorum.
Scaris, Lewerentziana 1 (3): 1-266, 1817. [download]
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Verdugo Paez A.:
Los Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 de Andalucía, España (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).
Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 3 [2002]: 73-112, 2003. [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[★]
Verdugo Páez A.:
Estudio taxonómico sobre el complejo de especies próximas a Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum (Dalman, 1817) en la península ibérica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)..
Revista gaditana de Entomología 11: 39-53, 2020. [download
| Subfamilia | Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 |
| Tribus | Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840 |
| Genus | Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943 |
| Subgenus | Baeticodorcadion Vives, 1976 |
| Species | Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum (Dalman, 1817) |
| Subspecies | Iberodorcadion (Baeticodorcadion) mucidum rondense Verdugo, 2003 |