New data on the longhorn beetles of Mongolia with particular emphasis on the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Author
Karpinski, Lech
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland
lechkarpinski@gmail.com
Author
Szczepanski, Wojciech T.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-519X
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland
Author
Boldgiv, Bazartseren
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0015-8142
Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
Author
Walczak, Marcin
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland
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ZooKeys
2018
2018-02-22
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.23675
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.739.23675
1313-2970-739-107
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Eodorcadion dorcas dorcas (Jakovlev, 1901)
Figs 3G, H
, 11A
Material examined.
Govi-Altai Aimag:
20 km
SSW of Bayan-Uul (
46°51'N
,
95°07'E
),
1878 m
a.s.l.,
11 VIII 2015
,
1♂
,
2♀♀
, leg. MW;
4♂♂
, leg. LK.
Remarks.
This taxon is endemic to Mongolia and is distributed from the Khovd environs to the west and the southern parts Zavkhan Aimag and then to the northern part of Gobi-Altai Aimag (
Danilevsky 2007
).
Only a few specimens were collected in the late afternoon in a small enclave (Fig.
11B
) with high tufts of grass
Achnatherum splendens
(Fig.
11C
) during rather cold (22 °C), cloudy and windy weather. The males (Fig.
11A
) were rather mobile, running and trying to hide in the tufts of grass. In this locality, the remains of several imagines were found (Fig.
11D
).
Figure 11.
Field photos of imagines in nature and habitats of typical Mongolian cerambycid species:
A
male of
Eodorcadion dorcas dorcas
B
small enclave with high tufts of grass, the habitat of
E. dorcas dorcas
C
tuft of needlegrass
Achnatherum splendens
, the possible host plant of larvae of
E. dorcas dorcas
D
remains of a female of
E. dorcas dorcas
E
male of
Eodorcadion dorcas scabrosum
F
female of
E. dorcas scabrosum
during eating a blade of
Iris tenuifolia
G
pair of
E. dorcas scabrosum
in copula
on
I. tenuifolia
H
attempt to mate while laying eggs by a female of
E. dorcas scabrosum
in the roots of
I. tenuifolia
.