Eodorcadion carinatum carinatum (Fabricius, 1781) Fig. 8G

Material examined.

East Kazakhstan Region: Verkhnie Tainty [ Верхние Таинты] env., (49°24'N, 83°03'E), 879 m a.s.l., 18 VI 2017, 1♂, leg. WTS.

Remarks.

Eodorcadion carinatum is distributed from the South Urals through South Siberia, northern Kazakhstan and Mongolia to the territory of northeastern China. Five subspecies have been described to date and a nominotypical form occupies the western part of the species range (up to Krasnoyarsk). The species inhabits steppe and semi-desert habitats up to an altitude of 1900 m a.s.l. (Toporov and Milko 2013). The populations of all subspecies are usually characterised by a large number of individuals that occur on numerous plots. It seems to be primarily ecologically associated with Agropyron spp. and Elmynus spp. (Danilevsky 2007c). In the western part of its range, the larvae often feed on the roots of cereals and forage plant species (Plavilstshikov 1958). The adults start to appear in June and can be found until September (Danilevsky 2007c).

Only a single male that was hidden under a cow dung in a pasture habitat was collected (Fig. 14G).