Stictoleptura erythroptera

Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822)
[= Leptura erythroptera Hagenbach, 1822]
[= Corymbia erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822)]
[= Brachyleptura erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822)]

Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI

Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) erythroptera ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]

Stictoleptura erythroptera, an elegant and rare species of preserved deciduous forests distributed in Europe, Caucasus/Transcaucasia, Turkey and Iran, has been described from Basel environs (Switzerland) as Leptura erythroptera Jacob Johann Hagenbach in 1822 [✩]. S. erythroptera is considered endangered (or even critically endangered) species in Central and Western Europe, which is associated with the primary deciduous forests and also belongs among the saproxylic Coleopteran bioindicators of the forests quality. Biology of this interesting beetle was described in work of Martin Rejzek and Karel Rebl in 1999 [❖], details with pictures are presented in the separate page. Adults, active from late May to August, are diurnal and can be found on the suitable host trees, rarely vist flowers [✱].

Body length: 12 - 19 mm

Life cycle: 3 and more years

Adults in: June - August

Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Quercus, Aesculus, Castanea etc.)

Distribution: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Bosnia, Montenegro, Turkey, Iran

The depicted living beetles were found in: (MP/ML) - hollow in the living beech (Fagus sylvestris) in Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area (Central Bohemia, Czechia) in summer 2020; (DR) - Boří les (Valtice environs, Břeclav district, South Moravia, Czechia) on June 22, 2020.
Collected by Miroslav Polcar and Daniel Rydzi

[✩]
Hagenbach J.J.:
Symbola Faunæ Insectorum Helvetiæ exhibentia vel species novas vel nondum depictas.
J. Georgii Neukirch, Basileae 1: i-vi + 7-48, 1822. [download ]
[❖]
Rejzek M., Rébl K.:
Cerambycidae of Křivoklátsko Biosphere Reserve (Central Bohemia) (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins e. V., Frankfurt a. Main, Supplement VI: 1–69, 1999.
[✱]
Sláma M.E.F.:
Tesaříkovití – Cerambycidae České republiky a Slovenské republiky / Cerambycidae of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Milan Sláma private printing, Krhanice, 383pp [pages 245-246], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download ]
Valladares L., Cocquempot Ch., Calmont B., Burnel L., Willm J. and Barnouin T.:
Mise a jour de l'aire de répartition de Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822) en France (Coleoptera Cerambycidae).
L'Entomologiste, Paris 71 (5): 325-330, 2015. [download ]

Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) erythroptera ♂ [Photo © Daniel Rydzi]


Subfamilia	Lepturinae Latreille, 1802
Tribus	Lepturini Latreille, 1802
Genus	Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Subgenus	Stictoleptura Casey, 1924
Species	Stictoleptura (Stictoleptura) erythroptera (Hagenbach, 1822)

Body length:	12 - 19 mm
Life cycle:	3 and more years
Adults in:	June - August
Host plant:	polyphagous in deciduous trees (Fagus, Quercus, Aesculus, Castanea etc.)
Distribution:	Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Bosnia, Montenegro, Turkey, Iran

Michal Hoskovec © Last update: 9.III.2023