Dorcadion micans majoripunctum, Okutaner & Sarikaya & Sarikaya & Özdikmen, 2021

Okutaner, Atilay Yağmur, Sarikaya, Asli Doğan, Sarikaya, Özkan & Özdikmen, Hüseyin, 2021, A geometric morphometric evaluation on three populations of endemic species Dorcadion micans (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) in Ankara Province from Turkey with a new subspecies description, Zootaxa 5004 (1), pp. 167-180 : 175-177

Dorcadion micans majoripunctum ssp. nov.

Type material. Holotype ♂: Turkey: Ankara prov.: Bala, Beynam village, 39°41’34.2”N 32°56’13.3”E, April , 2018 . Paratypes 38 ♂♂, 1 ♀: Turkey: Ankara prov.: Bala, Beynam village, 39°41’34.2”N 32°56’13.3”E, March- April , 2018 . Paratypes 43 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀: Turkey: Ankara prov.: Bala, Tol village, 39°37’55.4”N 33°04’06.8”E, March-April , 2018. Types are preserved in Kırşehir Ahi Evran University (Kırşehir, Turkey) .

The new subspecies is similar to nominative subspecies Dorcadion micans micans Thomson, 1867 . It is characterized by relatively larger and denser punctation on pronotum and elytra; by narrowly reddish elytral apex; and by relatively more elongated elytra and therefore body shape.

Description of holotype male. Small, black, with totally red legs and first two antennal articles totally red, third and fourth antennal articles basally red and apically black and the remaining antennal articles totally black; pronotum with larger and denser punctuation; lateral pronotal spines sparsely pointed; white pronotal line mostly indistinct but pronotum with a median longitudinal cavity; elytra not regularly oval, more elongated apically with larger and denser punctuation, in males mostly glabrous, shining with narrowly but distinctly reddish elytral apex,

with white sutural line accompanied by black stripes; lateral elytral stripes very narrow; body length in holotype: 12 mm, body width in holotype: 4.125 mm.

The body length of the new subspecies varies between 10.75 and 13.25 mm. Females are autochromal.

Distribution. Dorcadion micans majoripunctum ssp. nov. is known only from the type locality in Northern part of Central Anatolia (SE Ankara province) now.

Etymology. The new subspecies is named after combining “maior” in Latin (meaning larger in English) and “punctum” in Latin (meaning puncture in English) words.

Diagnosis. The new subspecies is easily distinguished by the following characters in the subspecies of Dorcadion micans Thomson, 1867 .

The subspecies Dorcadion micans micans Thomson, 1867 is characterized by mostly glabrous, shining male elytra; by totally red antennae; by pronotum with scattered fine punctuation; by indistinct white pronotal line; by not reddish elytral apex; by elytra with finer and sparser punctuation; by very narrow lateral elytral stripes covering epipleurae only. Body length: 9-14 mm.

The subspecies Dorcadion micans subvestitum Daniel, 1900 is characterized by unique scattered irregular pubescence of male elytra; by totally red antennae; by pronotum with dense moderately small punctuation; by distinct white pronotal line; by not reddish elytral apex; by elytra with finer and sparser punctuation; by rather wide lateral elytral stripes covering about half of curved elytral margin. Body length: 9-12 mm.

The new subspecies Dorcadion micans majoripunctum is similar to nominative subspecies Dorcadion micans micans Thomson, 1867 and is characterized by glabrous, shining male elytra; by basally red, apically black antennae; by pronotum with larger and denser punctuation; by indistinct white pronotal line; by distinctly reddish elytral apex; by elytra with larger and denser punctuation; by very narrow lateral elytral stripes. Body length: 10.75-13.25 mm.