Eodorcadion (Ornatodorcadion) gorbunovi Danilevsky 2004
Creators
- 1. Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00 - 679 Warszawa, Poland
- 2. Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Peace Avenue 54 b, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia & enkhnasand @ mas. ac. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7918 - 8621
- 3. Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & boldgiv @ num. edu. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0015 - 8142 & Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
- 4. Silesian Entomological Society, Bytom, Poland. artinsect @ artinsect. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4360 - 2031
- 5. Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & badamnyambuubinder @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9332 - 8002
- 6. Ecology Group, Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ikh Surguuliin Gudamj 1, Ulaanbaatar 14201, Mongolia & temerlen 99 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9699 - 9733
- 7. Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Peace Avenue 54 b, Ulaanbaatar 13330, Mongolia & altanchimeg _ d @ mas. ac. mn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3262 - 9383
- 8. Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Department of Natural History, Pl. Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41 - 902 Bytom, Poland wtszczepanski @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0858 - 519 X
Description
* § Eodorcadion (Ornatodorcadion) gorbunovi Danilevsky, 2004
Figs 7A–H, 10G, H, 11A, B
New records. Dornogovi: 10 km ENE of Khatanbulag [Хатанбулаг] [43.17801, 109.25925], 1141 m a.s.l., 24.07.2019, 1 larva, leg. et coll. WTS; 3 ♂♂, leg. LKa (MIZ); 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, leg. et coll. LKr; 10 km SE of Khatan- bulag [43.092, 109.207], 1222 m a.s.l., 24.07.2019, 32 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, leg. et coll. WTS (15 exx. USMB); 26 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, leg. LKa (MIZ); 25 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀, leg. et coll. LKr; 15 km SE of Khatanbulag [43.095, 109.270], 1202 m a.s.l., 24.07.2019, 11 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, leg. et coll. WTS; 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, leg. LKa (MIZ); 20 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, leg. et coll. LKr; 42 km SE of Khatanbulag [42.804, 109.382], 1100 m a.s.l., 25.07.2019, 10 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, leg. et coll. WTS; 7 ♂♂, 1 ♀, leg. LKa (MIZ); 9 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, leg. et coll. LKr; 43 km SE of Khatanbulag [42.795, 109.356], 1099 m a.sl., 25.07.2019, 6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, leg. et coll. LKr.
Literature data. Dornogovi: Mt. Khutag-Uul [г. Хутаг-Ула], N of Sulin-Kheer [Сулин-Хэрэ] [ca. 42.968, 109.452], under Caragana, 27.06.1971, 1 ex. (Namhaidorzh 1976a: as Eodorcadion oryx); 25 km E of Shokhoi- Nuur Lake [оЗ. Пюхой-Нур] [ca. 42.776, 109.366], 03.08.1971, 2 exx. (ibid); 7 km SW Khatanbulag, [43.116, 109.050], 1120 m a.s.l., 8– 9.07.2002, 1 ♂ holotype, M. Danilevsky, leg. (MD), 10 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, M. Danilevsky and O. Gorbunov leg. (Danilevsky 2004, 2007); 11 km SE Khatanbulag [43.100, 109.266], 1240 m a.s.l., 9.08.2002, 34 ♂♂, 15 ♀♀, M. Danilevsky and O. Gorbunov leg. (ibid); 24 km SE Khatanbulag [43.016, 109.383], 1000 m a.s.l., 9.08.2002, 15 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, M. Danilevsky and O. Gorbunov leg. (ibid); 23 km SE Khatanbulag [43.066, 109.416], 1000 m a.s.l., 9.08.2002, 1 ♂, O. Gartumnov leg. (ibid).
Remarks. Eodorcadion gorbunovi is a relatively recently described species from the environs of Khatanbulag (Danilevsky 2004). Besides the localities provided in the original description (Danilevsky 2004), also the two records mistakenly given for E. argaloides by Danilevsky (2007) should be included for the known area of E. gorbunovi: 25 km E of Shokhoi-Nuur Lake and Mt. Khutag-Uul (see more in the remarks for E. argaloides). However, according to the local scientists, the location of Mt. Khutag-Uul needs to be verified as it is situated more to the southeast (Fig. 4).
This species inhabits depressions of stony hills that are overgrown with Lasiagrostis Link (= Achnatherum) (Danilevsky (2007), and according to Namhaidorzh (1976a) it is ecologically associated with Lasiagrostis, Stipa L. (Poaceae), and Caragana. Our own observations (for closely related E. intermedium kozlovi) indicate that while larvae indeed feed on roots of these grass species, leaves and stems of Caragana bushes serve as food and a night shelter for the adults.
We have investigated several suitable sites in the range of this species and found numerous imagines, as well as a single larva among Achnatherum roots, approx. 30 cm deep in the soil (Fig. 10G). It is worth noting that despite usually abundant occurrence of adults, it was difficult to find any premature stages in the soil and we succeeded only once, in spite of several attempts at various depths. The sites were located within regular semi-desert with enclaves of Achnatherum splendens (Trin.) Nevski (Fig. 10F). Single individuals were also collected in a narrow canyon near a dried riverbed. In one of the sites, we have observed individuals rapidly hiding in Achnatherum tufts during the rain. When the weather started to improve and the sun came out, the individuals started to climb onto the stems of grass (Fig. 10H), most likely to dry faster in the wind and bright sun.
We found solely individuals of this species in the locality west of Shokhoi-Nuur Lake, where, in accordance with Danilevsky (2007), E. argaloides occurs (see the discussion above and remarks for E. argaloides). The imagines (Fig. 11A, B) were collected in semi-desert habitat in the immediate vicinity of a dried lake (Fig. 11C), relatively densely overgrown with Achnatherum. We find no differences between the individuals collected in this plot (Fig. 7E–H) and those from the type locality (and its vicinity) of E. gorbunovi (Fig. 7A–D). The discussed sites are distanced only approx. 35 km in a straight line from each other, though it should be noted that we have not seen suitable grassy habitats on the way (barren rocky desert). Nevertheless, despite the fact that the similar distance separates these southernmost localities of E. gorbunovi from the confirmed localities of E. argaloides, definitely stronger geographical barriers in a form of ranges of rocky hills exist between them.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MIZ , MIZ, USMB
- Event date
- 2019-07-24 , 2019-07-25
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Genus
- Eodorcadion
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Danilevsky
- Species
- gorbunovi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2019-07-24 , 2019-07-25
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eodorcadion (Ornatodorcadion) gorbunovi Danilevsky, 2004 sec. Karpiński, Enkhnasan, Boldgiv, Kruszelnicki, Iderzorig, Gantulga, Dorjsuren & Szczepański, 2021
References
- Namhaidorzh, B. (1976 a) On the fauna of longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of the Mongolian People's Republic, II. Insects of Mongolia, 4, 202 - 216. [in Russian]
- Danilevsky, M. L. (2007) Revision of the genus Eodorcadion Breuning, 1947 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Collection Systematique, 16, 1 - 230.