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A new subspecies of Dorcadion pantherinum Jakowleff, 1901 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from South Kazakhstan

2018; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.23885/1814-3326-2018-14-1-37-39

2713-1785

Аbramov А.Е.,

Forest Insect Ecology and Management

The new subspecies Dorcadion pantherinum ludmilae subsp.n. is described from South Kazakhstan.Dorcadion (s.str.) pantherinum Jakowleff, 1901 is widespread in deserts of South Kazakhstan.The type locality of the species was indicated between Kazalinsk (now Kazaly) and Karkaralinsk (now Karkaraly) [Jakowleff, 1901] and is presumably located in the center of Betpak-Dala desert.Danilevsky distinguished 4 subspecies of this species in 1995.The nominatypical subspecies Dorcadion p. pantherinum Jakowleff, 1901 occurs the southern part of Betpak-Dala desert (Chulak-Espe) and sands to the south of the western part of Balkhash Lake (Aksuek).Western subspecies D. p. sabulosum Danilevsky, 1995 was found in 37 km to the east of Kyzylorda.The eastern subspecies D. p. desertum Danilevsky, 1995 is distributed on sands to the south of the western part of Balkhash Lake (120 km to the north-east of Bakanas).The other eastern subspecies D. p. shamaevi Danilevsky, 1995 was described from the vicinity of the Kapchagay.The range of Dorcadion (s.str.) pantherinum Jakowleff, 1901 is strongly elongated by longitude (from 65 to 77° E) but latitudinal extent is small (from 43 to 47° N), that was noted by Plavilstshikov in 1958.The new subspecies is geographically isolated from the ranges of other subspecies.Dorcadion pantherinum ludmilae subsp.n. is the most similar to Dorcadion pantherinum pantherinum from which it differs in the shorter lateral thoracic spines, the internal dorsal elytral strip with only small spots, always black second antennal joint and tarsi, lobes of third metatarsal joint are moderately long.The range of the new subspecies is westernmost among the other populations (southern part of Aral Karakum desert).Beetles inhabit fixed sands and are active in time of flowering ephemera.