''Labidostomis cyanicornis'' is a species of short-horned leaf beetles belonging to the family
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
, subfamily
Cryptocephalinae, tribe
Clytrini
The Clytrini are a tribe within the leaf beetle subfamily Cryptocephalinae, though historically they were often treated as a distinct subfamily, Clytrinae. As the other Cryptocephalinae, they belong to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles know ...
.
Distribution
This species can be found in the southern part of
Europe,
Romania,
Ukraine, the
Volga basin, and in the eastern
Palearctic realm.
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Description
''Labidostomis cyanicornis'' can reach a body length of . Pronotum is strongly punctate, with rather short hairs or it is almost hairless, while the abdomen is rather hairy. Antennae are serrated from the 5th article. Labrum is yellowish. The head and pronotum are black with distinct greenish metallic reflex, while the elytra are pale orange-brown. Also legs and underside are greenish-black.[Andrzej Warchalowsk]
Key to species in The palaearctic Chrysomalidae
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Biology
Adults can be found in May–June feeding on '' Salix alba'', ''Salix cinerea
''Salix cinerea'' (common sallow, grey sallow, grey willow, grey-leaved sallow, large grey willow, pussy willow, rusty sallow) is a species of willow native to Europe and western Asia.Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain ...
'' ( Salicaceae) and Populus
''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood.
The we ...
species. Females lay 10–20 eggs in each spawn and seal them in an eggs case consisting of pure secretion.
References
External links
Alsphotopage
Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network
Clytrini
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1817
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