[= Pachytodes erraticus (Dalman, 1817)]
[= Pachyta septemsignata Küster, 1848]
[= Pachytodes russica Pic, 1898]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © Per Hoffmann Olsen]
Judolia erratica, one of common flower visitors broadly distributed in warmer European regions, has been described from Germany as Leptura Erratica by Johann Wilhelm Dalman in 1817 [▽]. J. erratica is a species associated with deciduous sparse forests, forest edges, forest steppes, and old orchards or gardens. Larvae develop shallowly in the soil, in dead thin roots (diameter 1–3 cm) of trees, where thay also pupate. Life cycle two years. Adults, active from May to August, are diurnal and anthophilous [❖][✮][✳].
Body length: 7–12 mm Life cycle: 2 years Adults in: May – August Host plant: development in underground dead parts of deciduous trees (Quercus, Betula, Acer, Corylus, Prunus etc.) Distribution: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey
The depicted beetles were photographed in Hietzing-West (N48°09′40″ E16°13′58″; Wien, Austria) on June 17, 2023.Collected by Per Hoffmann Olsen
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Dalman J.W.:
Synonymia insectorum, oder: Versuch einer Synonymia aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum & c. geordnet.
In Schönherr. Skara, Lewerentzischen Buchdrükerey 1 (3): 506pp, 1817. [download]
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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 235-236], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download[✮]
Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [pages 308-309], 2014. [download
[Photo © Per Hoffmann Olsen]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Judolia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Subgenus | Pachytodes Pic, 1891 |
| Species | Judolia (Pachytodes) erratica (Dalman, 1817) |