Anoplodera (Leptura) cyanea, a common species occuring in North-East Asia (Russian Far East, North China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia), has been described from East Siberia as
Leptura cyanea by Friedrich August Gebler in 1832 [▽]. This taxon, ecologically associated with deciduous forests, belongs to relict fauna prevalent in the
Tertiary period. A. cyanea larvae develop in decaying wood of deciduous trees. Pupation in wood after the second overwintering, life-cycle two years. Adults, active from June to August,
are diurnal and anthophilous [✧][❖].
| Body length: | ♂♂ 10 - 13 mm / ♀♀ 10.5 - 15 mm |
| Life cycle: | 2 years |
| Adults in: | June - August |
| Host plant: | polyphagous in deciduous trees (Ulmus, Betula, Acer, Quercus, etc.) |
| Distribution: | Russia, China, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan |
Depicted beetle was collected at Listvennichnaya (Лиственничная) river under Kamenystyi (Каменистый) creek estuary
(N43°35′47″ E131°21′53″; 400 m a.s.l, Borisovskoye Plateau, South of Primorsky krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia)
on May 30, 2019.
Collected by Kirill V. Makarov
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Gebler F.A.:
Notice sur les Coléoptères qui se trouvent dans le district des mines de Nertschinsk, dans la Sibérie orientale, avec la description de quelques espèces nouvelles.
Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (8) 2: 25-78, 1832.
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[❖]
Cherepanov A.I.:
Cerambycidae of Northern Asia, Volume 1 - Prioninae, Disteniinae, Lepturinae, Aseminae.
Amerind Publishing, New Delhi: 304pp [pages 353-358], 1988.
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[✧]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 258-259], 2014.
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