Dorcadion

Dorcadion is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.[1][2][3]

Dorcadion
Dorcadion pedestre
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Tribe: Lamiini
Genus: Dorcadion
Dalman, 1817
species

many; see text

Synonyms

Dorcadium Billberg, 1818 (Lapsus calami)

This genus of beetle is found distributed across Europe, most living in either Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary. This genus also has significant populations in Ukraine, and additional populations live in Russia, Kazakhstan and China.[4]

Species

Dorcadion includes the following species and subgenera. Iberodorcadion was formerly a subgenus of Dorcadion, but has been elevated in rank to genus.[3][2]

subgenus Acutodorcadion
A close up photo of a beetle with red legs, long black antenna and a greenish abdomen. The insect is standing on grey cracked cement.
Close up of Dorcadion fulvum

subgenus Carinatodorcadion

subgenus Cribridorcadion


Open drawer showing rows of pinned Dorcadion. Sp, other draws are open in back ground
Open drawer showing rows of pinned Dorcadion. Sp
A close up photo black beetle with a white stripe down its back, its body is in full sunlight and looks slightly red. It has two long antennae and is resting on a green plant stalk. The background is out of focus.
Dorcadion tauricum found in ukraine

subgenus Dorcadion
Image depicting two stamps the left for 25 tiyn and the right for 100 tiyn, one the left depicts a green rounded beetle with large mouth parts, the right depicts a long black and white stripped beetle with long antennae with red legs. The background is white with grass on the edges. The bottom left and top right say the year 2008.
Stamp depicting Dorcadion Acharlense and Callisthenes Semenovi

subgenus Maculatodorcadion

subgenus Megalodorcadion

subgenus Politodorcadion

References
  1. Biolib.cz - Dorcadion. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
  2. Bezark, Larry G. "A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the Old World". Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. "Iberodorcadion Breuning, 1943". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  4. Genus Dorcadion. INaturalist. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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