ssp. unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787)
[= Leptura pilosa Forster, 1771]
[= Leptura unipunctata Fabricius, 1787]
Subfamilia: LEPTURINAE / Tribus: LEPTURINI
[Photo © David Navrátil, click on the picture for 4K resolution]
Vadonia unipunctata, a broadly distributed West Palaearctic xerothermic steppe species, has been described from Dresden environs (Germany) as Leptura unipunctata by Johann Christian Fabricius in 1787 [▽]. Larval development in underground parts of living herbaceous plants (e.g. Knautia, Scabiosa). Life cycle at least 2 years. Adults, active from May to August, are diurnal and anthophilous [✧].
Body length: 7 – 15 mm Life cycle: at least 2 years Adults in: May – August Host plant: larvae in underground parts of living plants (Knautia, Scabiosa) Distribution: Czechia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Morocco
The mounted specimens were collected in Kurdějov village environs (Břeclav disctrict, South Moravia, Czechia) on June 7, 2020. The depicted living beetle was collected in Hungary on May 8, 2014.Collected by David Navrátil and Tamás Németh
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Fabricius J.C.:
Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus.
Proft, Hafniae, 1: 348pp [page 157], 1787. [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 236-237], 1998 [ISBN: 80-238-2627-1]. [download
Male genitalia of Vadonia unipunctata unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) in detail: A. aedeagus, B. lateral lobes, C. subgenital plate.
[Photo © David Navrátil]
[Photo © Tamás Németh]
| Subfamilia | Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 |
| Tribus | Lepturini Latreille, 1804 |
| Genus | Vadonia Mulsant, 1863 |
| Species | Vadonia unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) |
| Subspecies | Vadonia unipunctata unipunctata (Fabricius, 1787) |