Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series 7 (1-2): 255-292, 2011 A revision of the taxonomic structure of Dorcadion cinerarium (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Maxim A. LAZAREV Bolshaia Serpuhovskaia str. 34, building 4, apartment 79 Moscow 115093 Russia e-mail:
[email protected] Taxonomy, zoogeography, new subspecies, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Dorcadionini, Dorcadion, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan Abstract. Dorcadion cinerarium (Fabricius, 1787) distributed in Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Azerbaijan consists of 17 subspecies: D. c. cenerarium (Fabricius, 1787) - European Russia, central and eastern Ukraine, D. c. deniz ssp. nov. - East Azerbaijan, Baku environs, D. c. napolovi ssp. nov. - north Azerbaijan, Shemakha environs, D. c. belousovi ssp. nov. - north-east Azerbaijan, Velvelichay River, D. c. terkense ssp. nov. - Chechnya, Groznyi environs, D. c. sindorum ssp. nov. - Russia, Black Sea Coast, Anapa environs, D. c. veniamini ssp. nov. - Russia, north-west Caucasus, Markotkh Ridge, D. c. adygorum ssp. nov. - Adygeya, Maykop environs, D. c. smetanai ssp. nov. - Karachay-Cherkessia, Khasaut environs and Kabardino-Balkaria, Baksan environs, D. с. macropoides Plavilstshikov, 1932, new rank - Ukraine, Kharkov Region, D. c. skrylniki ssp. nov. - south-east Ukraine, Melitopol environs, D. c. azovense ssp. nov. - south-east Ukraine, Berdiansk environs, D. c. gorodinskii Danilevsky, 1996 south Ukraine, Kherson Region, D. c. perroudi Pic, 1942, new rank - south-west Crimea, D. c. bartenevi ssp. nov. - west Crimea, Tarkhankut Cape, D. c. panticapaeum Plavilstshikov, 1951 - north-east Crimea and south-west Russia, Taman Peninsula, D. c. zubovi ssp. nov. - Moldova. INTRODUCTION Dorcadion cinerarium (Fabricius, 1787) is one of the most common and widely distributed species of the genus, occupying the territories of the whole Ukraine and Moldova republics, as well as south of Russia and north-east Azerbaijan.