''Anastrangalia dubia'' is a species of

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of family Cerambycidae.

Subspecies and varietas

Subspecies and varietas within this species include: *''Anastrangalia dubia melanota'' (Faldermann, 1837) *''Anastrangalia dubia dubia'' ( Scopoli,

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) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. chamomillae'' (Fabricius, 1801) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. curtelineata'' (Pic, 1941) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. diffusa'' Boos **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. graeca'' (Pic, 1932) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. limbata'' (Laicharting, 1784) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. moreana'' (Pic, 1906) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. planeti'' (Pic, 1945) **''Anastrangalia dubia dubia var. triangulifera'' (Reitter, 1898)

Description

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, or

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coloured. Usually head, antennae, pronotum and legs are black. In the males the elytrae may be yellow-brown with a dark elytral suture and a more or less broad dark elytral edge, while in the females they are reddish-brown with or without blackish edges. Completely black specimens are more common in females, while in the males they are quite rare. Similar species are '' Anastrangalia reyi'' and '' Anastrangalia sanguinolenta''. In ''A. dubia'' on the head the angles of the cheeks are acute, while in ''A. reyi'' they are obtuse.

Biology

Larvae of these of wood-boring beetles feed on dead wood, dead branches and tree stumps of various deciduous and coniferous trees (mainly

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). The development requires two to three years. The adults fly from May to August.

Distribution

This species is found in montane and subalpine areas everywhere in

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Bibliography

*A. Scopoli: Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana Vindobonae 1763 *Heinz Freude, Karl Wilhelm Harde (Hrsg.), Gustav Adolf Lohse (Hrsg.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 9. Cerambycidae Chrysomelidae, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München 1966, . *Wilhelm H. Lucht, Bernhard Klausnitzer: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. 4. Supplementband, Gustav Fischer, Jena 1998, . *Klaus Koch: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 3: Ökologie, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld 1992, . *Adolf Horion: Faunistik der mitteleuropäischen Käfer, Bd. XII. Überlingen-Bodensee 1974

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2254229 Lepturinae Beetles described in 1763 Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli