Stenocorus vittatus, a species occuring in Kazakhstan and NW China, has been described by Gotthelf Fischer Von Waldheim in 1842 [✧].
Species' larval biology is unknown, but the mass abundance of adults on mountain meadows with the absolute absence of shrubs and trees suggests a connection between the larvae and
the roots of herbaceous plants. Adults, active in June and July (peak in the first half of June), are diurnal and anthophilous [❖].
Body length: | ♂♂ 12 - 18 mm / ♀♀ 16 - 20 mm |
Life cycle: | unknown |
Adults in: | June - August |
Host plant: | probably in roots of herbaceous plants |
Distribution: | Kazakhstan, NW China |
The depicted beetle was collected in Kora river environs (2700 m a.s.l, Dzungarian Alatau, Almaty Region, SE Kazakhstan) on July 7-9, 2018.
Collected by S.Dementiev
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Fischer Von Waldheim G.:
Catalogus Coleopterorum in Siberia orientali a cel. Gregorio Silide Karelin collectorum.
Moscou, 28pp, 1842.
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Danilevsky M.L.:
Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 1.
Higher School Consulting, Moscow, 550pp [page 102], 2014.
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