Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) perezi (Graëlls, 1849)
ssp. perezi (Graëlls, 1849)

Subfamilia: LAMIINAE  /  Tribus: DORCADIONINI

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Iberodorcadion perezi, an endemic species to Central Spain, has been described from Sierra de Guadarrama by Mariano de la Paz Graëlls in 1848 [❖]. Some data about biology of the I. perezi can be found in paper by Alberto del Saz Fucho from 2013 [❖].

Body length:	9 - 18 mm
Life cycle:	1 year
Adults in:	March - May
Host plant:	roots and basal stem parts of Poaceae (Festuca iberica, Festuca indigesta aragonensis, Nardus stricta, Poa bulbosa)
Distribution:	an endemic species to Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range (Madrid and Ávila provinces, Spain)

The depicted beetle was collected in: ♂ - El Escorial environs (Madrid province, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) on April 20, 1996; ♀ - Puerto de Malagón environs (1500 m a.s.l., Madrid province, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) on February 28, 1988.

Collected by J.Plaza and M. Godoy

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[❖]
de la Paz Graëlls y de la Agüera M. in Fairmaire L.M.H.:
Mémoire en espagnol de M. Graëlls, contenant la description de Coléoptères nouveaux propres à la Faune centrale de l'Espagne.
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, Paris (2) 1: 620-622, 1849. [download ]

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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 ]

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 ]

Tomé Díez M.:
Conexiones geológicas del Dorcadion (Iberodorcadion) perezi Graëlls, 1849 en la Sierra de Guadarrama (España).
Revista gaditana de Entomología 3 (1-2): 41-50, 2012. [download ]

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Subfamilia	Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Tribus	Dorcadionini Swainson, 1840
Genus	Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943
Subgenus	Hispanodorcadion Vives, 1976
Species	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) perezi (Graëlls, 1849)
Subspecies	Iberodorcadion (Hispanodorcadion) perezi perezi (Graëlls, 1849)