ssp. maculata (Poda, 1761)
[= Leptura maculata Poda, 1761]
[= Strangalia maculata (Poda, 1761)]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
This elegant species, a typical flower visitor, is one from the most common European longhorn beetles.
Body length: 13 - 20 mm Life cycle: 2 - 3 years Adults in: May - August Host plant: polyphagous in deciduous trees (Quercus, Fagus, Carpinus, Salix, Alnus, Populus, Betula, Corylus etc.) Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, North Iran, Turkey
The depicted beetle was photographed on flowers (Apiaceae) in Spišská Nová Ves-Novoveská Huta environs (Spišská Nová Ves district, Košice region, Slovakia) on June 24, 2017.Collected by Michal Hoskovec
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 260-261], 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 336-337], 2014. [download
[Photo © Michal Hoskovec]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1802 |
| Genus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Subgenus | Rutpela Nakane et Ohbayashi, 1959 |
| Species | Rutpela (Rutpela) maculata (Poda, 1761) |
| Subspecies | Rutpela (Rutpela) maculata maculata (Poda, 1761) |